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Justin Lui

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Justin Lui
Personal information
NationalityCanada Canadian
Born (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24)
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Spike318 cm (125 in)
Block303 cm (119 in)
College / UniversityStanford University
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubVK Dukla Liberec
Career
YearsTeams
2018–2023
2023–2024
2024–
Stanford Cardinal
Vantaa Ducks
VK Dukla Liberec
National team
2018–2019
2021–
 Canada
 Canada
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Canada
NORCECA Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Durango City
Silver medal – second place 2023 Charleston

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

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Club

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Justin Lui". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ^ "#2 Justin Lui". gostanford.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. ^ "National Excellence Program restarts in Gatineau". volleyball.ca. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Joukkue Kaudella 2023-2024". korsonveto.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Volleyball transfers 2024/25: Czech Republic & Slovakia". volleytimes.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Captain Nick Hoag leads Canadian men's Olympic volleyball team into Paris". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ Fenton, Caela (8 July 2024). "Team Canada men's volleyball team ready to smash it in Paris". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. ^ 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. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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