Ryu Eun-hee

Ryu Eun-hee
Personal information
Born (1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 (age 34)
Incheon, South Korea
Nationality South Korean
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Győri ETO KC
Number 11
Senior clubs
Years Team
2010–2015
 Incheon
2015–2019
 Busan
2019–2020
 Paris 92
2020–2021
 Busan
2021–
 Győri ETO KC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–
 South Korea 171 (524)
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 South Korea Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 China Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Japan
Gold medal – first place 2017 South Korea
Gold medal – first place 2012 Indonesia
Gold medal – first place 2022 South Korea
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kazakhstan
Asian Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Kazakhstan
Asian Youth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Taiwan
Gold medal – first place 2005 Thailand
Ryu Eun-hee
Hangul
류은희 (유은희)
Hanja
Revised RomanizationRyu (Yu) Eun-hui
McCune–ReischauerRyu (Yu) Ŭnhŭi

Ryu Eun-hee (Korean: 류은희; born 24 February 1990) is a South Korean professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the South Korean national team.

Professional career

Ryu played for Busan Infrastructure Corporation in 2019. That year Busan won its first championship title in the SK Handball Korea League. Afterwards she transferred to Paris 92 and played in the French Women's Handball First League.[1]

In November 2020, Ryu returned to Busan Infrastructure Corporation, because she was concerned about rising COVID-19 cases in France.[2]

For the 2021/22 season she transferred to Győri ETO KC.[3] In 2022 and 2023 she won the Hungarian Championship with ETO.

National team

Ryu became the starting right back of the South Korean national team at the 2009 World Handball Championship where South Korea finished in sixth place.[4]

Ryu was named to the team representing South Korea at the Summer Olympics held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.[5] Ryu finished her first Olympic tournament ranked third overall in goals with 43 goals. Ryu and her team failed to win medals at the 2012 Olympics by losing to Spain 31–29 in double overtime in the bronze medal match.[6]

Ryu competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio as well, where South Korea finished in 10th place.[7][8][9]

Ryu was named in South Korea's handball team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where they advanced past the group stage and finished in 8th place overall, the best result for a non-European team.[10]

South Korea qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where Ryu was again named for the team.[11]

Achievements

References

  1. ^ donga.com: Handball player Ryu Eun-hee signs 2-year contract with Paris 92 Archived 22 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 19 December 2022
  2. ^ donga.com: ‘Queen of handball’ Ryu Eun-hee returns to domestic league Archived 19 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 19 December 2022
  3. ^ gyorietokc.hu: Két új játékossal erősít nyártól a Győri Audi ETO KC Archived 11 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 19. December 2022
  4. ^ Choi, Tae-yong (8 December 2009). 유은희, 왼손거포 계보 잇는다 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Eun Her Ryu Profile". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ Yang, Seung-jin (12 August 2012). "S. Korea misses handball bronze after double OT loss to Spain". The Korean Herald News. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Eun Hee Ryu". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  8. ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, South Korea" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Yu Eun-Hui Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  10. ^ "TOKYO 2020 HANDBALL WOMEN RESULTS". Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  11. ^ ""류은희는 성공할 때까지 쉬지 않는다"… '세계 최고' 찬사 쏟아졌다". 조선일보 (in Korean). 26 July 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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