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Kim Yeon-koung

Also known as: Asian Gamova - Bread Unnie (식빵언니) - Kim Yeon-Koung - Kim Yeon-gyeong - The God - Volleyball Empress/Emperor (배구여제/황제) - Yaki - 金軟景 - 김연경 More info on her aliases

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Asian Gamova
Bread Unnie (식빵언니)
김연경
金軟景
Kim Yeon-gyeong
Kim Yeon-Koung
The God
Volleyball Empress/Emperor (배구여제/황제)
Yaki
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Kim Yeon-koung Biography

Personal

Age: 37 years young
Born: Friday 26th of February 1988
Years active: 2000-present (started around 12 years old; 25 years active)
Birthplace: Ansan, Korea, Republic of
Nationality: (South Korean)
Ethnicity: Asian

Body

Height: 6'4" (or 193 cm)
Weight: 161 lbs (or 73 kg)

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Instagram follower count: 1.6m (as of June 2025)

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About Kim Yeon-koung

Kim Yeon-koung (Korean: 김연경; Hanja: 金軟景; RR: Kim Yeon-gyeong, Korean pronunciation: [kim.jʌngjʌŋ]; born 26 February 1988) is a South Korean professional volleyball player and a former member of the FIVB Athletes' Commission. She is an outside hitter and the former captain of the South Korean National Team. She announced her retirement from the national team in August 2021.

Kim signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe in 2011 after playing for Heungkuk Life in South Korea for four seasons and JT Marvelous in Japan for two seasons. She signed another two-year extension with Fenerbahçe and extended it for another season in 2016. She spent the 2017–18 season in the Chinese Volleyball league and came back to Turkey in the following year with Eczacıbaşı VitrA.

Despite South Korea finishing in 4th place, Kim was the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer at the 2012 London Olympics, where she set the Olympic record for most points scored (207), topping the previous record of 204 points by Yekaterina Gamova at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Kim is the first player in the history of Asian volleyball to receive an MVP award in the CEV Women's Champions League.

Kim is the first player to have four entries in the list of those to have scored 30 points or more in a single Olympic Games match in volleyball.

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