Park Jeong-ah (volleyball)

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Park Jeong-ah
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 (age 31)
Busan, South Korea
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Spike300 cm (118 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter / Opposite hitter
Current clubGwangju AI Peppers
Number10 (club) 13 (national team)
National team
2010–present South Korea
Honours
Women's volleyball
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta/Palembang
Asian Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tianjin
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Taipei
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Nakhon Ratchasima
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Metro Manila
Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2014 Shenzhen
Asian Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2010 Ho Chi Minh City
Last updated: 26 Dec 2022
Park Jeong-ah
Hangul
박정아
Hanja
朴貞娥
Revised RomanizationBak Jeonga
McCune–ReischauerPak Chŏnga
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park Jeong-ah (Korean: 박정아; born 26 March 1993) is a South Korean female volleyball player. She is part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team.

Park was appointed as the new captain of the Korean Women's Volleyball National Team since Kim Yeon-koung stepped back.[1]

Career[edit]

She went to Namsung Women's Highschool.

In 2009, she made her first senior national team debut in age 16 at 2009 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup.[2]

She currently plays for Korean club Gwangju AI Peppers since 2023 after her contract with Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass expired.[3]

She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[4] and the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[5]

She plays as an Outside Hitter. She played as an Opposite Hitter at the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. At the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup she played as a Middle Blocker in some matches.

Park participated at the 2020 Summer Olympics which took place in Tokyo, playing an important role, being the twelfth best scorer of the competition with 82 points and a 31.19% rate of efficiency.

Club career[edit]

Years Club Regular Season Postseason
2011-12 Hwaseong IBK Altos Fourth Place Did not qualify
2012-13 Hwaseong IBK Altos Champion
2013-14 Hwaseong IBK Altos Champion Runners Up
2014-15 Hwaseong IBK Altos Runners Up Champion
2015-16 Hwaseong IBK Altos Champion Runners Up
2016-17 Hwaseong IBK Altos Runners Up Champion
2017-18 Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass Champion
2018-19 Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass Runners Up
2019-20 Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass Sixth Place Championship Cancelled Due to Covid-19
2020-21 Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass Fourth Place Did not qualify
2021-22 Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass Runners Up Championship Cancelled Due to Covid-19
2022-23 Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass Third Place Champion
2023–24 Gwangju AI Peppers Seventh Place Did not qualify

Individual Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Revamped Korean squad heads to Volleyball Nations League". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  2. ^ <여자배구> 희망의 스파이크 때린 막내 박정아 [<Women's Volleyball> Park Jung-ah, the youngest who hit the spike of hope] (in Korean). 11 November 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ "KOVO website". Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. ^ http://olympians.pointafter.com/l/47944/Park-Jeongah [dead link]
  5. ^ "South Korean volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". sebare.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

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