Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 23.06.1921 Date of Death | 08.07.2005 Country | Republic Of Korea
Highlights
Graduated from the Sookmyung High School for Girls: 1938
Graduated from the Goongjoo Teachers College : 1939
Director of the Korea Basketball Association: 1952-1954
Vice-President of the Korea Basketball Association: 1978-1997
Assistant Head of Delegation of the Korean Basketball Women’s National Team in the 1979 World Championship for Women in Seoul
President of the Korea Mother’s Basketball Association: 1981-1992
Head of Delegation of the Korean Basketball Women’s National Team from 1983 to 2001: participated in 3 World Championships for Women (Brazil 1983, Russia 1986 and Malaysia 1990), the 1985 World Championship for Junior Women in Colorado Springs (U.S.A.) and 7 Asian Basketball Championships for Women
Member of the Central Board of the Asian Basketball Confederation (current FIBA Asia): 1986-1996
President of the Women’s Committee of the Asian Basketball Confederation: 1986-1996
Member of the FIBA Central Board: 1986-1995
President of the Women's Commission of FIBA: 1986-1995
Vice-President of the Korea Sports Council: 1989-1993
Assistant Head of Mission of the Korean Delegation in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games
Vice-President of the Korean Olympic Committee: 1993-1997
Vice-President of the Korean Women’s Basketball League: 1998-2000
Adviser of the Korean Women’s Basketball League: 2000-2005
Distinctions & Recognitions
City of Seoul’s Cultural Prize for Sports: 1948
Commendation by the Prime Minister of Korea: 1986
Korea Athletic Price: 1989
Maenghojang (Korea Order of Merit): 1990
Meritorious Service Prize at the 1st Asian Athletic Awards: 1991
FIBA Order of Merit: 1995
Meritorious Service Prize of the Korean Olympic Committee: 1996
IOC’s Order of Merit: 1996
Meritorious Service Prize of the Korean Olympic Committee: 1996
Meritorious Service Prize of the Asian Basketball Confederation (current FIBA Asia): 1997
Honorary President of the Korea Basketball Association: 1999-2005