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South Korean volleyball player
Hwang Taek-eui
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Hwang in 2020
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Nationality
| South Korean
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Born
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1996-11-12
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12 November 1996
(age 27)
Seoul
,
South Korea
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Height
| 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
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Weight
| 77 kg (170 lb)
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College / University
| Sungkyunkwan University
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Position
| Setter
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Current club
| Uijeongbu KB Stars
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Number
| 2 (club)
21 (national team)
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Hwang Taek-eui
(
Korean
:
皇澤의
; born
(
1996-11-12
)
12 November 1996 in
Seoul
) is a South Korean male
volleyball
player. He is part of the
South Korea men's national volleyball team
. On club level he plays for the
Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars
.
Career
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While attending
Sungkyunkwan University
in 2015, Hwang was called-up to the South Korean collegiate national team for the
2015 U23 World Championship
where his team finished in eighth place.
Hwang decided to forgo his final two years of collegiate eligibility and declared for the 2016
V-League
Draft. Hwang was selected first overall by the
Gumi LIG Greaters
in the 2016 V-League Draft. Hwang was the first setter ever to be taken with the first overall pick in the V-League Draft.
After the 2016?17
V-League
season, Hwang was named Rookie of the Year. In May 2017 Hwang was first selected for the
South Korean senior national team
to compete at the
2017 FIVB World League
. He played as the starting setter in Team Korea's final game against
Slovakia
and led his team to a 3?2 victory, though he was mostly on the bench serving as the third-string setter behind
Lee Min-gyu
and
No Jae-wook
during the competition.
Awards
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Individual
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References
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