Lee Kang-Won (; born 5 May 1990) is a South Korean male

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player. He is part of the

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. On club level he plays for the

Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs () is a South Korean professional volleyball team. The team was founded in 1995 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO). Their hom ...

Career

As a junior at

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in 2012, Lee was selected for the South Korean collegiate national team to compete at the 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship, where the team finished in fifth place. He competed in the

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, and was the flag-bearer for his nation during the opening ceremonies of those games. In 2017 Lee got called up to the senior national squad for the first time and competed at the 2017 FIVB World League where he played as the starting opposite hitter in all nine games.

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