Justin Lui Explained

Justin Lui
Fullname:Nicholas Hoag
Nationality: Canadian
Birth Date:8 May 2000
Birth Place:Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height:1.780NaN0
Weight:770NaN0
Spike:3180NaN0
Block:3030NaN0
College:Stanford University
Position:Libero
Currentclub:VK Dukla Liberec
Years:2018–2023
2023–2024
2024–
Teams:Stanford Cardinal
Vantaa Ducks
VK Dukla Liberec
Nationalyears:2018–2019
2021–
Nationalteam:

Justin Lui (born 8 May 2000) is a Canadian volleyball player. He is a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team and a participant in 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

Club

Lui competed for the Stanford University men's volleyball team while in university, from 2018 to 2023.[2] In 2020, he trained with the Volleyball Canada National Excellence Program in Gatineau.[3]

He signed for Finnish professional volleyball club Vantaa Ducks in 2023, playing with them for the 2023-2024 season.[4] In 2024, he signed for Czech club VK Dukla Liberec.[5]

National Team

Lui has competed for Canada at the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League during the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons.[1] In July 2024, Lui was named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team.[6] [7]

Personal life

In 2020, Lui came out as gay by writing an email to his university volleyball team.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Justin Lui. olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. 13 July 2024.
  2. Web site: #2 Justin Lui . gostanford.com . 13 August 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240813191816/https://gostanford.com/sports/mens-volleyball/roster/season/2023/player/justin-lui . 13 August 2024 . live.
  3. Web site: National Excellence Program restarts in Gatineau . volleyball.ca . 13 August 2024.
  4. Web site: JOUKKUE KAUDELLA 2023-2024 . korsonveto.fi . 13 August 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240304121732/https://www.korsonveto.fi/vantaa-ducks/joukkue-pelaajat/ . 4 March 2024 . fin . live.
  5. Web site: Volleyball transfers 2024/25: Czech Republic & Slovakia . volleytimes.com . 13 August 2024 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240813191246/https://volleytimes.com/volleyball-transfers-2024-25-czech-republic-slovakia/ . 13 August 2024 . live.
  6. News: Captain Nick Hoag leads Canadian men’s Olympic volleyball team into Paris. Canadian Press. 8 July 2024. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 8 July 2024.
  7. Web site: Fenton. Caela. Team Canada men's volleyball team ready to smash it in Paris. Canadian Olympic Committee. 8 July 2024. 8 July 2024.
  8. News: Killion. Ann. 22 December 2020. He came out to his team before Stanford cut his sport. Now he mourns a lost family. San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California, USA. 14 July 2024.