Hwang Youn-joo

{{Short description|South Korean volleyball player (born 1986)}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2014}}

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| nationality = South Korean

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|8|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

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| height = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| position = Opposite Spiker

| college = Kyonggi University

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| years = 2005-2010
2010 - present

| teams = Cheonan Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders
Suwon Hyundai Engineering & Construction Hillstate

| nationalyears = 2005 - 2016

| nationalteam = {{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

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Hwang Youn-joo ({{Korean|황연주|黃連珠|Hwang Yeon-ju}}; born 13 August 1986) is a South Korean volleyball player.

She was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2010 Asian Games.{{cite news|url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201011271740091&code=980901|title=女배구, 中에 통한의 역전패…은메달 획득|accessdate=9 May 2014|date=17 November 2010|work=Kyunghyang Shinmun}} She was also part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship,{{cite web|title=South Korean volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|url=http://www.sebare.com/teams/team15.html|work=sebare.com|access-date=11 October 2015}} and 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldCup/2011/Women/Teams.asp?Team=KOR|title=FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup 2011|website=www.fivb.org|access-date=2018-04-06}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hw/hwang-yeon-ju-1.html |title=Hwang Yeon-Ju Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2016-03-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081853/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hw/hwang-yeon-ju-1.html |archivedate=2016-03-06 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/volleyball/volleyball-w|title=volleyball women results - Volleyball - London 2012 Olympics|website=www.olympic.org|access-date=2016-03-22}}{{cite web|title=Korea FIVB Olympic Profile|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/women/teams/kor-korea/team_roster|publisher=FIVB|accessdate=27 July 2016}}

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.