Yoon Kyung-shin
| Yoon Kyung-shin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
July 7, 1973 Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Nationality |
 South Korea | ||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Back | ||
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 August 2012 | |||
| Yoon Kyung-shin | |
| Hangul | 윤경신 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yun Gyeong-shin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yun Kyŏngsin |
Yoon Kyung-shin (born July 7, 1973 in Seoul) is a Korean handball player. He was voted World Player of the Year 2001 by the International Handball Federation.[1]
Career
Yoon Kyung-shin played for the German club VfL Gummersbach from 1996 to 2006, and for HSV Hamburg during the 2006–07 season. He is the Bundesliga's all-time highest scoring player with 2,905 goals and was the league's top scorer in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007.[2]
He has played more than 260 games for the South Korea national handball team, and was top scorer at the 1995 and 1997 World Championships.
He was South Korean flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ Previous World Handball Players Template:Wayback (Retrieved on January 26, 2008)
- ^ "Legendary handball scorer Yoon Kyung-shin". korea.net. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- South Korean expatriates in Germany
- South Korean handball players
- Expatriate handball players
- Olympic handball players of South Korea
- Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Seoul
- Kyung Hee University alumni
- Asian Games medalists in handball
- Handball players at the 1990 Asian Games
- Handball players at the 1994 Asian Games
- Handball players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Handball players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Handball players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Handball players at the 2010 Asian Games
- South Korean handball biography stubs
- Asian Games gold medalists