Lee Jin-kyu
South Korean rugby sevens player
Lee Jin-kyu (born 4 July 1994) is a South Korean rugby sevens player. He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Rugby career
Lee competed for South Korea in the men's sevens tournament at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He also represented South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa.
He was selected in the South Korean fifteens team to compete at the 2024 Asia Rugby Championship. He scored a brace of tries in his sides 55–5 thrashing of Malaysia in their opening match.
He was part of the Hyundai Glovis side that won the 39th Chungmu-gi National Rugby Championship in 2025.
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