Shin Dong-pa
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Shin Dong-pa (
South Korean national team that won the gold medal at the 1969 FIBA Asian Cup. He also played with South Korea at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, where he finished as that tournament's top scorer
.
Shin played primarily as a shooting guard, during his playing career. He is considered to be one of the best Asian basketball players of all time.[1]
Early life and education
Shin was born in
Northern Korea, during Japanese rule, in what is now Anbyon County, in North Korea's South Hamgyong Province. He attended Whimoon High School and Yonsei University, where he graduated in 1967.[citation needed
]
Club playing career
Shin played
Small Business Bank
, from 1967 to 1974.
National team playing career
Shin is well-known in the
Shin also competed with the senior men's
South Korean national basketball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.[7] He also played with South Korea at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, which was held in Yugoslavia. South Korea finished in 11th place out of 13 teams at that tournament. Shin ended up being the top scorer at the tournament
, scoring an average of 32.6 points per game.
Coaching and managing career
During the 1970s and 1980s, Shin worked as a women's
SBS Men's Basketball Team
. He also worked as a men's basketball coach.
Sports commentating career
Shin has also worked as a
South Korean Basketball Association.[citation needed
]
Career trajectory
- South Korean men's national basketball teamplayer: (1962–1974)
- Small Business Bank Men's Basketball Teamplayer: (1967–1974)
- Pacific Chemical Women's Director: (1975–1991)
- South Korean women's national team's Head coach: (1978–1988)
- SBS Men's Basketball TeamDeputy Director, Director: (1991–1997)
- Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) sports commentator: (1997–present)
- South Korean Basketball Association's executive director: (1999)
- vice chairman: (2002)
References
- ^ Modern-day Shin Dong Pas at LG Electronics’ ‘Asian Basketball Showdown’.
- ^ Korean legend Shin Dong Pa recalls rivalry with PH.
- ^ 신동파, 필리핀에서 여전한 ‘한류스타급’ 인기 (in Korean). Sports World. 14 September 2014.
- ^ KTV 대한늬우스 (6 December 2016). "대한뉴스 제 755호-국위를 세계에 떨치고" – via YouTube.
- ^ KTV 대한늬우스 (6 December 2016). "대한뉴스 제 763호-이런일 저런일" – via YouTube.
- ^ KTV 대한늬우스 (5 December 2016). "대한뉴스 제 769호-스포츠" – via YouTube.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sin Dong-pa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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