Kang Jae-won

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

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]

Kang Jae-Won
Kang Jae-won in 1988
Personal information
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
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)
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1990 Beijing Team 1982 New Delhi Team Asian Championship 1983 South Korea 1987 Jordan 1989 China 1991 Japan

Kang Jae-won
Hangul	강재원
Hanja	姜在源
Revised Romanization	Gang Jae-won
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Jaewŏn

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

1. Handball Coach Combines Asian, European Styles – Team China, from China Daily (22 February 2008) (Retrieved on 30 June 2008)
2. Previous World Handball Players 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 26 January 2008)
3. Profile: "Jae-Won Kang" 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 26 January 2008)

External links

• Kang Jae-won at Olympedia