Kang Jae-won
South Korean handball player
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 Kang Jae-won in 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 58) 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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–1989 | Bucheon THS (Korea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1992 | Grasshopper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2002 | Pfadi Winterthur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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
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
- Kang Jae-won at Olympedia
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- Veselin Vujović (1988)
- Kang Jae-won (1989)
- Magnus Wislander (1990)
- Talant Dujshebaev (1994)
- Jackson Richardson (1995)
- Talant Dujshebaev (1996)
- Stéphane Stoecklin (1997)
- Daniel Stephan (1998)
- Rafael Guijosa (1999)
- Dragan Škrbić (2000)
- Yoon Kyung-shin (2001)
- Bertrand Gille (2002)
- Ivano Balić (2003)
- Henning Fritz (2004)
- Árpád Sterbik (2005)
- Ivano Balić (2006)
- Nikola Karabatić (2007)
- Thierry Omeyer (2008)
- Sławomir Szmal (2009)
- Filip Jícha (2010)
- Mikkel Hansen (2011)
- Daniel Narcisse (2012)
- Domagoj Duvnjak (2013)
- Nikola Karabatić (2014)
- Mikkel Hansen (2015)
- Nikola Karabatić (2016)
- Not awarded (2017)
- Mikkel Hansen (2018)
- Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2019)
- Not awarded (2020)
- Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2021)
- Not awarded (2022)
- Mathias Gidsel (2023)
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)
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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