Shin Dong-pa

Shin Dong-pa (Korean: 신동파; born September 2, 1944) is a South Korean basketball coach, sports commentator, and former basketball player who competed at the men's basketball tournaments at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the senior South Korean national team that won the gold medal at the 1969 FIBA Asian Cup. He also played with South Korea at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, where he finished as that tournament's top scorer.

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.
Shin Dong-pa
Personal information
Born (1944-09-02) September 2, 1944
Anbe-gun, Japanese Korea
(now South Hamgyong, North Korea)
NationalitySouth Korean
Listed height6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Playing career1962–1974
PositionShooting guard
Career history
As player:
1967–1974Small Business Bank
As coach:
1976–1987Pacific Chemical Women's Basketball Team
1978–1988South Korea Women
1989–1991Pacific Chemical Women's Basketball Team
1992–1994SBS Basketball Team
Medals
Representing  South Korea
Men's Basketball
FIBA Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 1969 Bangkok
Silver medal – second place 1967 Seoul
Silver medal – second place 1973 Manila
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Taipei
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Kuala Lumpur
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Tokyo
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bangkok
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Bangkok
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1967 Tokyo

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 1967.

Club playing career

Shin played club basketball in South Korea, with Small Business Bank, from 1967 to 1974.

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 1969 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 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.[7] He also played with South Korea at the 1970 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 32.6 points per game.

Coaching and managing career

During the 1970s and 1980s, Shin worked as a women's basketball coach and team director. In 1991, Shin began to work as the founding director of the SBS Men's Basketball Team. He also worked as a men's basketball coach.

Sports commentating career

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.

Career trajectory

References
  1. Modern-day Shin Dong Pas at LG Electronics’ ‘Asian Basketball Showdown’.
  2. Korean legend Shin Dong Pa recalls rivalry with PH.
  3. 신동파, 필리핀에서 여전한 ‘한류스타급’ 인기 (in Korean). Sports World. 14 September 2014.
  4. KTV 대한늬우스 (6 December 2016). "대한뉴스 제 755호-국위를 세계에 떨치고" – via YouTube.
  5. KTV 대한늬우스 (6 December 2016). "대한뉴스 제 763호-이런일 저런일" – via YouTube.
  6. KTV 대한늬우스 (5 December 2016). "대한뉴스 제 769호-스포츠" – via YouTube.
  7. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sin Dong-pa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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