Kang Jae-Won (born 30 November 1965) is a South Korean retired handball player and coach. Until 2021 he was the South Korean women's national team.[1]
| Kang Jae-Won | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 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) | ||
2017–2021 | South Korea (W) | ||
| Kang Jae-won | |
| Hangul | 강재원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 姜在源 |
| RR | Gang Jaewon |
| MR | Kang Chaewŏn |
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]
Career
editKang moved to Europe to join Swiss team Grasshopper Club Zürich in 1990. Two years later he joined rivals Pfadi Winterthur. From 2000 to 2002 he was the player-coach of the team. During his time at the club, he won the Swiss league 6 times and the Swiss Cup once.[4]
In 2005 he became the coach of Japanese team Daido Steel.[5]
In 2007 he became the head coach of the Chinese women's national team.[1] He coached the team at the 2008 Olympics at home ground, where China went out in the quarterfinals to South Korea.[6]
From November 2010 to 2021 he coached the South Korean women's national team.[7]
Honours
editGrasshopper
edit- Swiss League – 1990, 1991
Pfadi Winterthur
edit- Swiss League – 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
- SHV-Cup – 1998[4]
Individual
edit- IHF World Player of the Year – 1989[2]
- Six-time MVP of Swiss Bundesliga[citation needed]
Manager
editPfadi Winterthur
edit- Swiss League – 2002
- EHF Challenge Cup runner-up – 2001
References
edit- 1 2 Handball Coach Combines Asian, European Styles – Team China, from China Daily (22 February 2008) (Retrieved on 30 June 2008)
- 1 2 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)
- 1 2 "Winnerboard - SHV-Cup – Männer". Swiss Handball Association. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- ↑ "Koreans Conquer Japanese Handball League". donga.com. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ↑ "Handball Team in Semis After China Drubbing". Korea Times. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- ↑ Yoo Jee-ho (24 December 2010). "Two S. Korean head coaches meet in final of Asian Women's Handball Championship". en.yna.co.kr. Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
External links
edit- Kang Jae-won at Olympedia
- Kang Jae-won at InterSportStats
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