Justin Lui

Justin Lui
Justin Lui
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	8 May 2000 (age 26); 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
Career
2018–2023; 2023–2024; 2024–2026	Stanford Cardinal; Vantaa Ducks; VK Dukla Liberec
National team
2018–2019; 2021–2026	Canada U21; Canada
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Canada
NORCECA Championship

Justin Lui (born 8 May 2000) is a Canadian retired volleyball player. He was a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team and a participant in 2024 Summer Olympics. Lui announced his retirement in October 2026.

Career

Club

Lui competed for the Stanford University men's volleyball team while in university, from 2018 to 2023. In 2020, he trained with the Volleyball Canada National Excellence Program in Gatineau.

He signed for Finnish professional volleyball club Vantaa Ducks in 2023, playing with them for the 2023-2024 season. In 2024, he signed for Czech club VK Dukla Liberec.

National team

Lui has competed for Canada at the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League during the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons. In July 2024, Lui was named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team.

Personal life

In 2020, Lui came out as gay by writing an email to his university volleyball team. Upon his retirement, he was involved with coaching youth volleyball and studying psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University.

References

1 2 "Justin Lui". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
1 2 "Justin Lui officially retires". SIRC. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
↑ "#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] 1 2 "Justin Lui". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[retires-2] 1 2 "Justin Lui officially retires". SIRC. Retrieved 13 October 2026.

[3] "#2 Justin Lui". gostanford.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[4] "National Excellence Program restarts in Gatineau". volleyball.ca. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[5] "Joukkue Kaudella 2023-2024". korsonveto.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[6] "Volleyball transfers 2024/25: Czech Republic & Slovakia". volleytimes.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[7] "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.

[8] Fenton, Caela (8 July 2024). "Team Canada men's volleyball team ready to smash it in Paris". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[9] 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.