HANDBALL PLAYER

Kang Jae-won

1965 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kang Jae-won has received more than 21,342 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kang Jae-won is the 39th most popular handball player (up from 98th in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 593rd in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Handball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Kang Jae-won ranks 39 out of 420. Before him are Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Arpad Sterbik, Jackson Richardson, Heiner Brand, Rudolf Stahl, and Niklas Landin Jacobsen. After him are Zlatko Portner, Artur Knautz, Ljubomir Vranjes, Veselin Vuković, Ólafur Stefánsson, and Tomas Svensson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kang Jae-won ranks 377. Before him are Aleqa Hammond, Stepan Poltorak, Luis Islas, Andreas Thom, Karin Alvtegen, and Marián Vajda. After him are Keiko Saito, Gavin Rossdale, Fei Junlong, Anatole Collinet Makosso, Oleg Kotov, and Pascal Obispo.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kang Jae-won ranks 387 out of 1,128. Before him are Kwon Yu-ri (1989), Kim Duk-koo (1959), Kim Sa-rang (1978), Cho Mi-yeon (1997), Shin Hye-sun (1989), and Kang Seul-gi (1994). After him are Cho Kyu-hyun (1988), Jim Lee (1964), Ki Sung-yueng (1989), Lee Eun-ju (1980), Lee Na-young (1979), and Song Ha-yoon (1986).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In South Korea

Among handball players born in South Korea, Kang Jae-won ranks 1. After him are Yoon Kyung-shin (1973), Oh Seong-ok (1972), Jung Yu-ra (1992), Sim Hae-in (1987), and Ryu Eun-hee (1990).

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