| Did You Know... | | | | The 1st World Youth Women`s Volleyball |
| | | | Championship was won by South Korea in a |
| South Korea -one of the most modern countries | | | | final against the People`s Republic of China. |
| in the Third World- is very successful in | | | | |
| international sport. From 1976 to 2004, Korea | | | | Jae-Wang Kang was one of the best handball |
| has won 203 Olympic medals, including 72 | | | | players in the 20th century. Under his |
| golds. It has more gold medals than Cuba, | | | | exceptional play, South Korea won the silver |
| Venezuela, Portugal and Nigeria combined. | | | | medal in handball in the Olympics in 1988. |
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| The team from South Korea won the gold medal | | | | South Korea has won a gold medal in men´s |
| in the 4th World Junior Men`s volleyball | | | | basketball three times at the Asian Games |
| Championship held in Manama (Bahrain) in | | | | (1970, 1982 and 2002). |
| 1987. Suk-Eun Kim, best player of the | | | | |
| tournament, helped his team towards first | | | | The Peruvian women`s volleyball team was |
| position, the best result ever for an Asian | | | | coached by Man Bok Park, who was born in |
| country since 1981. | | | | South Korea. Immediately after Peruvian |
| | | | women`s team failed to qualify for the |
| Seoul -the capital city of Korea- has hosted | | | | Olympic Games in 1972, the Peruvian |
| several international sports events | | | | Volleyball Federation appointed Man Bok Park |
| including: | | | | as head coach of the senior national team. |
| | | | Man Bok Park said: " In four years time I |
| -The X Asian Games | | | | intend to make Peru one of the top six in the |
| | | | world". In just a few months the Peruvian |
| -The VIII World Basketball Championship | | | | national team changed. He was expecting |
| | | | dedication and a banishment from their |
| -The XXIV Olympic Games | | | | vocabulary of the word "vacation". He won the |
| | | | gold medal at the 1993 South American |
| Like Jorge Antonio Bell Mathey (Dominican | | | | Championship, the silver medal at the 1982 |
| Republic) and Oswaldo Jose Guillen Barrios | | | | World Championship, the silver medal at the |
| (Venezuela) , Dong Won Choi was one of the | | | | 1986 Goodwill Games, the silver medal at the |
| best baseball players in the 1980s. Under his | | | | 1988 Olympics, the bronze medal at the 1986 |
| creative leadership, Korea won the silver | | | | World Championship and the bronze medal at |
| medal at the 1980 World Championship in | | | | the 1991 Pan American Games. |
| Japan. | | | | |
| | | | The Republic of Korea hosted the 27th |
| Un Yong Kim -former Korean politician and | | | | Baseball World Cup in 1982. The Korean team |
| diplomat- received the 2000 Sports Grand Prix | | | | beat Japan to clinch the first place. This |
| of the Korea Sports Press Union, in | | | | was the first time in which a country other |
| recognition of his contribution for the | | | | than Venezuela, Colombia or Puerto Rico had |
| historic joint parade of the Democratic | | | | won the World Championship. |
| People's Republic of Korea and South Korea | | | | |
| on Olympic teams during the opening ceremony | | | | Yang Jung-Mo won the Olympic gold medal for |
| of the Olympic Games in Sydney. This great | | | | freestyle wrestling at the 1976 Olympics in |
| man of Korean sport has been honored several | | | | Montreal, Canada. However, he lost the chance |
| times in recognition of his efforts to | | | | to defend his title when South Korea |
| national and regional sports movement. | | | | boycotted the Olympics in 1980 in the USSR. |
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| South Korea won the second Olympic title of | | | | The 2003 World University Games took place in |
| its history in women`s handball in | | | | Daeju, Republic of Korea. |
| Barcelona'92 (the first one was in Seoul'88). | | | | |
| It defeated teams such as Austria, Spain, | | | | Korea -one of the world`s poorest countries |
| Germany and Norway. The team also won the | | | | in the 1950s- competed at the Asian Games for |
| gold medal at the 1995 World Cup. In 1998, | | | | the first time at the 1954 Asian Games in |
| Korea won the gold medal at the Asian Games | | | | Manila, Philippines. |
| in Thailand. | | | | |
| | | | The Republic of Korea sent 9 sportswomen to |
| The Korean baseball players were participants | | | | the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer |
| in the second Olympic tournament in Atlanta | | | | (Norway) in 1994. |
| (Georgia,USA). | | | | |
| | | | Kim Hwa Soon is the best basketball player in |
| This Asian country is well-known for its | | | | the history of Korea. In 1984, she finally |
| sportswomen in the world. Among these | | | | realized her dream of competing in the |
| athletes are Kim Jin Ho (archery), Jang | | | | Olympic Games, helping the Korean team win a |
| Ji-Won (taekwondo), Kim Hyun Ok (handball), | | | | silver medal at the Los Angeles Games. |
| Lee Bo-Na (shooting), Lee Eun-Sil (table | | | | |
| tennis), Jang Mi Nam (weightlifting), Jin | | | | In the 1980s, Korea had famous volleyball |
| Sun-Yu (skating), Seok Eun-Mi (table tennis), | | | | players in Asia. They were Jang Suk Han, |
| Byun Chun-So (skating), Kim Hyung Mee | | | | Jong-Il Yoon, Hee-Kyung Gae and Byung-Sun |
| (handball), Hyun Tung-Hwa (table tennis), Suh | | | | Lee. |
| Kwang-Mi ( field hockey), Jang Young-Ja | | | | |
| (table tennis), Sun-Hee Lee (taekwondo), Se | | | | Korean sportspeople have performed excellent |
| Ri Pak (golf), Cho-Hyun Kang (shooting), Kim | | | | in international events in sports such as |
| Soo Nyung (archery), Kim Hwa Soon | | | | archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, |
| (basketball), Lee Eun Kyung (archery), Bang | | | | boxing , kayak, cycling, equestrian, |
| Soo Hyun (badminton) and Hyun Sook Hee | | | | football, golf, gymnastics, handball, |
| (taekwondo). | | | | fencing, field hockey, judo, karate, |
| | | | shooting, softball, synchronized swimming, |
| Yoo Nam-Kyu won a gold medal in men`s table | | | | table tennis, volleyball, beach volleyball, |
| tennis singles at the Olympics in Seoul. | | | | weightlifting and wrestling. |
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