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.

He was voted World Player of the Year 1989 by the International Handball Federation.

Kang achieved a silver medal with the South Korean national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

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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