Kim Hee-jin (; born 29 April 1991) is a South Korean

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She is a member of the

South Korea women's national volleyball team The South Korea women's national volleyball team (Korean Language, Korean : 대한민국 여자 배구 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It was one of the leading squads in the w ...

at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

and

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. The team finished at fourth place in 2012, 2020 and fifth in 2016. Kim has been a member of the

Hwaseong IBK Altos Hwaseong IBK Altos () is a South Korean women's professional volleyball team founded in 2011. In the 2012−13 V-League season, just one year after the team was founded, the club won both the regular season title, having won 25 out of 30 regular ...

since the team's inaugural season, 2010–2011. She was selected with the first overall pick in the NH-Nonghyup V-League 2010-2011 draft by the Altos. She helped her team to the league title and championship title during the 2012–2013 season. In the 2013–2014 season, Kim and her team clinched their second consecutive league title, but lost to the

GS Caltex Seoul KIXX GS Caltex Seoul Kixx () is a South Korean women's volleyball team. The team is based in Seoul and plays in the V-League. It is currently owned by GS Sports, and its main sponsor is GS Caltex, a subsidiary of GS Group. The club was founded in 197 ...

in the championship round. In the 2014–2015 season, her team finished second in the league standings but swept the

Seongnam Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-pass Gimcheon Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass () is a South Korean professional women's volleyball team. The team was founded in 1970 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Gimcheon and are members of the Korea Volleyball Fede ...

in the championship round to claim the Altos' second championship title in three years. Kim Hee-jin played a crucial role during the championship round alongside American

Destinee Hooker Destinee Dante Hooker (born September 7, 1987) is an American indoor volleyball player. She is a opposite attacker. Hooker was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team. She starred in both volleyball and track and field at ...

. On April 13, 2015, Kim Hee-jin was selected to the

together with fellow Altos members Park Jeong-ah, Chae Seona, Nam Jiyeon, and Kim Yoori.

Filmography

TV Show

Omniscient Interfering View ''Omniscient Interfering View'' () is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by MBC on Saturdays at 11:05 pm ( KST) since 10 March 2018. Synopsis ''Omniscient Interfering View'' is an observational entert ...

- (guest, Ep. 169, 170) * Breakfast with Tiffany – (guest, Ep. 6, 7) * Running Man – (guest, Ep. 572, 573, 574) * I live alone - (appearance, Ep 412, 413) *

Master In The House ''Master in the House'' (, ; abbreviated as ''Jipsabu'') is a South Korean television program that aired on SBS weekly on Sundays at 18:25 (KST) from December 31, 2017, until the conclusion of Season 1 on September 18, 2022, when the show went o ...

- (appearance, Ep. 123) * Brave Single Parenting- Raise on my own - (guest, Ep. 12)

References

External links

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Kim Heejin
at FIVB.org World Grand Prix 2009
Kim Heejin
at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics (archived) * *
김희진 at KOVO
(archived)
김희진 at IBK Sports
(archived) 1991 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for South Korea Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Volleyball players from Busan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century South Korean sportswomen Asian Games gold medalists in volleyball {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub