Kang Jae-won
South Korean handball player (born 1965)
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Kang Jae-Won (born 30 November 1965) is a South Korean retired handball player and current coach for the South Korean women's national team.[1]
Born
30 November 1965
Bucheon, South Korea
Bucheon, South Korea
Nationality
South Korean
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position
Right back
Centre back
Centre back
| Kang Jae-Won | |||
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Kang Jae-won in 1988 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
30 November 1965 Bucheon, South Korea | ||
| Nationality | South Korean | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Right back Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | South Korea | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–1989 | Bucheon THS (Korea) | ||
1989–1992 | Grasshopper | ||
1992–2002 | Pfadi Winterthur | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1982–1992 | South Korea | ||
| Teams managed | |||
2000–2002 | Pfadi Winterthur | ||
2005–2007 | Daido Steel | ||
2007–2008 | China (W) | ||
2010–2015 | South Korea (W) | ||
2017– | South Korea (W) | ||
He was voted World Player of the Year 1989 by the International Handball Federation.[2]
Kang achieved a silver medal with the South Korean national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[3]
Honours
Grasshopper
- Swiss League – 1990, 1991
Pfadi Winterthur
- Swiss League – 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
- SHV-Cup – 1998
Individual
- IHF World Player of the Year – 1989
- Six-time MVP of Swiss Bundesliga
Manager
Pfadi Winterthur
- Swiss League – 2002
- EHF Challenge Cup runner-up – 2001
