| Kang Jae-Won | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kang Jae-won in 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
(1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 59) Bucheon, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position |
Right back Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2000–2002 | Pfadi Winterthur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Daido Steel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | China (W) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | South Korea (W) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | South Korea (W) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Kang Jae-won | |
| Hangul | 강재원 |
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| Hanja | 姜在源 |
| Revised Romanization | Gang Jae-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kang Jaewŏn |
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.
He was voted World Player of the Year 1989 by the International Handball Federation.
Kang achieved a silver medal with the South Korean national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Honours
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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
References
- Handball Coach Combines Asian, European Styles – Team China, from China Daily (22 February 2008) (Retrieved on 30 June 2008)
- Previous World Handball Players Archived 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 26 January 2008)
- Profile: "Jae-Won Kang" Archived 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 26 January 2008)
External links
| IHF World Player of the Year – Men | |
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| Rankings before 1988: Ștefan Birtalan (1974, 1976, 1977) Best Player of All Time: Gheorghe Gruia (1992) Player of the 20th Century: Magnus Wislander (2000) IHF Best Player in History: Ivano Balić (2010) |
| South Korea squad – Women's handball – 2011 World Championship – 11th place | ||
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| South Korea squad – Women's handball – 2012 Summer Olympics – 4th place | ||
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| South Korea squad – 2017 World Championship – 13th place | ||
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| South Korea squad – 2019 World Championship – 11th place | ||
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- South Korean male handball players
- Olympic handball players for South Korea
- Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- South Korean handball coaches
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in handball
- Handball players at the 1982 Asian Games
- Handball players at the 1986 Asian Games
- Handball players at the 1990 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Sportspeople from Bucheon
- Handball coaches of international teams
- Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province
- Expatriate handball players in Switzerland
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- 20th-century South Korean sportsmen
- South Korean Olympic medalist stubs
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