Justin Lui

Justin Lui
Justin Lui
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	8 May 2000 (age 24); Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Spike	318 cm (125 in)
Block	303 cm (119 in)
College / University	Stanford University
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	VK Dukla Liberec
Career
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

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]

References

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

External links

[bio-1] "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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