Nationality South Korea Number 77 Weight 110 kg Height 2.03 m | Nickname Nick Role Handball Player Playing position Name Yoon Kyung-shin Spouse Kwon Soon-kyun | |
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Born July 7, 1973 (age 50)
South Korea ( 1973-07-07 ) 1996-2006
2006-2008
2008-2011 VfL Gummersbach
HSV Hamburg
Doosan Awards IHF World Player of the Year - Men | ||
Current club Doosan Handball Club | ||
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.
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 2,751 goals and was the league's top scorer in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007.
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
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