Kim Ho-Chul ( ko, 김호철; born November 13, 1955) is a former

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 and head coach 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 ...

. Kim was nicknamed magico, for his fantastic playing as a setter when he was a player in

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. He contributed to

South Korea men's national volleyball team The South Korea men's national volleyball team ( ko, 대한민국 남자 배구 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Kore ...

as a setter from 1975 to 1988, and also won a gold medal in the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

as a head coach in 2006. He competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. He joined the Skywalkers as coach in November 2003 and led his team the champion of South Korean Volleyball Championship twice.Coach Kim to Stay With SkyWalkers Once Again
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Clubs

Honours

* 1978 Asian Games Bangkok — Gold medal * 1979 Summer Universiad Mexico — Gold medal *1986 Winter League of South Korea — MVP *1981, 1983, 1984 Italian Volleyball League — Best Player Awards * 2005-2006 V-League — Best Head-coach Award * 2006 Asian Games Doha — Gold medal * 2006-2007 V-League — Best Head-coach Award

References

1955 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players South Korean expatriates in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1978 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1986 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of South Korea Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games South Korean volleyball coaches Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Sportspeople from South Gyeongsang Province 20th-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub