Seodaemun-gu Women’s Basketball Team Director Park Chan-sook,
first ball game medal at the LA Olympics
Women’s basketball legend… The national team coach also said,
“Expanding the base with flashy offensive basketball”
“I want to help players who desperately want to play basketball but have no place to play to realize their dreams.”
Coach Park Chan-sook (64), 메이저놀이터a “legend of women’s basketball” who describes herself as a “eternal basketball player,” expressed her feelings after being appointed as the head coach of the unemployment basketball team. On the 29th, the Seodaemun-gu Office held an inauguration ceremony for the unemployment basketball team at the Seodaemun-gu Office in Seoul and announced that it had appointed coach Park as the first commanding tower. Coach Park said, “We will show fun attacking basketball with splendid technology.”
Coach Park is an indispensable figure in the history of women’s basketball. In 1975, thanks to coach Park’s performance in the national team uniform during her freshman year at Soongui Girls’ High School, Korean women’s basketball was able to open a golden age. She coach Park led her national team to second place at the 1979 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Women’s Championship. At the 1984 LA Olympics, she made a mark in Korean sports history by winning the silver medal in the ball game for the first time in Korean sports history. She coached Park during the women’s unemployment basketball era, and she even served as the national team coach.
In addition to coach Park, Kyung-Won Sohn (54), a gold medalist at the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games, joined the basketball team as a coach, and Trainer Jeong Ji-Yeon, who worked for BNK in Busan, joined the team. Seodaemun-gu Office’s unemployment basketball team includes former women’s professional basketball team members Jung Yoo-jin (30, forward), Hong So-ri (27, forward), Kim Hae-ji (26, center), and Kang Joo-eun (21, forward), as well as former high school and college player Lim Hyeon-ji (21). Guard), Jo Eun-jin (20, center), Kim Na-rim (20, guard), and Kang Da-hyun (19, forward). The players also made up their mind, saying, “We will create a new wind in women’s unemployment basketball as we have been given the opportunity to re-challenge in a new team.”
The training grounds will use the Seodaemun Culture and Sports Center and the Bukahyeon Culture and Sports Center. The training camp was set up near Hongje Station. ‘Park Chan-suk-ho’ will start with the National Unemployment Basketball Federation in May, the National Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship scheduled for July, and the National Sports Festival in October.