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.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

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(Retrieved on 26 January 2008) Kang achieved a silver medal with the

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Honours

Grasshopper

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– 1990, 1991

Pfadi Winterthur

– 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

– 2002 *

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''runner-up'' – 2001

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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 Expatriate 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 People from Bucheon Handball coaches of international teams Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province {{SouthKorea-handball-bio-stub