Kim Sang-woo ( ko, 김상우; born July 31, 1973) is a retired

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, who currently coaches

Seoul Woori Card Wibee Seoul Woori Card Woori Won ( ko, 서울 우리카드 우리WON) is a South Korean professional volleyball team founded in 2008. They are based in Seoul and are members of the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO). Their home arena is Jangchung Gymnas ...

in the V-League. As a player Kim was a middle blocker and helped the Samsung Bluefangs win nine consecutive national championships in the amateur Super League (1997−2004) and pro V-League (2005). Kim competed with the South Korean national team from 1994 to 2002 and took part in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. He was also honored as best spiker at the 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Individual awards

* '' 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best Spiker"''

External links

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1973 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1994 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1998 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Sungkyunkwan University alumni Olympic volleyball players of South Korea Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs players Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people {{korea-volleyball-bio-stub