| Hwang Youn-Joo | |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Height: | 1770NaN0 |
| Weight: | 680NaN0 |
| Spike: | 3030NaN0 |
| Block: | 2940NaN0 |
| Position: | Opposite Spiker |
| College: | Kyonggi University |
| Currentnumber: | 4 |
| Years: | 2005-2010 2010 - present |
| Teams: | Cheonan Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate |
| Nationalyears: | 2005 - 2016 |
| Nationalteam: | South Korea |
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Hwang Youn-joo (; born 13 August 1986) is a South Korean volleyball player.
She was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2010 Asian Games.[1] She was also part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,[2] and 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.[3] She participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics, when the South Korean team finished 4th after losing the bronze medal match 0-3 to Japan, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, when they finished 5th.[4] [5] [6]
At club level, she has played for Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate since 2010. Prior to that, she had been with Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders since 2005, who were initially based in Cheonan.
The oldest child in a family with a brother and a sister, Yeonju first received her education at Sosa Elementary School in her hometown of Bucheon, Wongok Middle School in Ansan, and Hanil Jeonsan High School in Suwon, now known as Hanbom High School. Upon graduation from high school in 2005, she was selected as the second pick in the first-round draft by the Heungkuk Life team.
Later on, Yeonju also studied at the Department of Sports Management in Kyonggi University.