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Shin Dong-pa
South Korean basketball player
In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.
Shin Dong-pa (Korean: 신동파; born September 2, ) is a South Korean basketball coach, sports commentator, and former basketball player who competed at the men's basketball tournaments at the Summer Olympics and the Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the senior South Korean national team that won the gold medal at the FIBA Asian Cup. He also played with South Korea at the FIBA World Championship, where he finished as that tournament's top scorer.
Shin played primarily as a shooting guard, during his playing career. He is considered to be one of the best Asian basketball players of all time.[1]
Early life and education
Shin was born in Northern Korea, during Japanese rule, in what is now Anbyon County, in North Korea's South Hamgyong Province. He attended Whimoon High School and Yonsei University, where he graduated in [citation needed]
Club playing career
Shin played club basketball in South Korea, with Small Business Bank, from to
National team playing career
Shin is well-known in the Philippines, because he scored 50 points for South Korea, in a game against the Philippine national basketball team, at the FIBA Asian Cup's final, which was held in Bangkok. Shin's South Korean team won that tournament.[2][3] That team returned home to South Korea, to a hero's welcome, and even met the South Korean President at the time, Park Chung Hee.[4][5][6]
Shin also competed with the senior men's South Korean national basketball team at the Summer Olympics and the Summer Olympics.[7] He also played with South Korea at the FIBA World Championship, which was held in Yugoslavia. South Korea finished in 11th place out of 13 teams at that tournament. Shin ended up being the top scorer at the tournament, scoring an average of points per game.
Coaching and managing career
During the s and s, Shin worked as a women's basketball coach and team director.[citation needed] In , Shin began to work as the founding director of the SBS Men's Basketball Team. He also worked as a men's basketball coach.
Shin has also worked as a sports commentator for basketball games, for the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), and as a vice chairman of the South Korean Basketball Association.[citation needed]