Park Ki-Won (born 25 August 1951) is a South Korean former

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player who competed in the

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and in the

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. He played for Korea from 1972–78, competing at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games. Park won a gold medal at the 1978 Asian Games in Thailand and was a member of the Korean team that finished fourth at the 1978 World Championship in Italy. Highlights of his coaching include taking Iran's men's team to a silver medal at the 2002 Asian Games and a bronze at the following year's Asian Championship. In 2013 he led the Korean men's team to a silver medal at the Asian Championship.

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