Kang Jae-Won (born 30 November 1965) is a South Korean retired handball player and coach. Until 2021 he was the coach of South Korean women's national team.Handball Coach Combines Asian, European Styles – Team China, from China Daily (22 February 2008) (Retrieved on 30 June 2008)
He was voted World Player of the Year 1989 by the International Handball Federation.Previous World Handball Players (Retrieved on 26 January 2008)
Kang achieved a silver medal with the South Korean national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.Profile: "Jae-Won Kang" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 26 January 2008)
Career Kang 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.
In 2005 he became the coach of Japanese team Daido Steel.
In 2007 he became the head coach of the Chinese women's national team. He coached the team at the 2008 Olympics at home ground, where China went out in the quarterfinals to South Korea.
From November 2010 to 2021 he coached the South Korean women's national team.
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
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