- Hur Jae
Hur Jae (born
September 28 ,1965 inChuncheon ) is aSouth Korean nbasketball player who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 2000s. At the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he took the Athlete's Oath withteam handball playerShon Mi-Na .Jae had graduated from the elite course. His graduations were
Sangmyung primary school in 1978,Yongsan Middle School in 1981,Yongsan High School in 1984,Chungang University in 1988. At that year, he joined the Amateur basketball team ofKia Motors . He led his team the champion straight five years(1988-1993) and straight two years(1995-1996), and he won the Most Valuable Player; MVP three times. After foundation of the Professional league, he won the MVP in 1997-1998.Then he retired on April, 2004. His team TG Xers made his number nine the retired number for the first time of team's history.
Jae also competed in two
Summer Olympics , earning his best finish of ninth in men's team event at Seoul in 1988.Currently, he is the head coach of
Jeonju KCC Egis since June of 2005.
=References
* [http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/events/players/p/competitioncode/WMM/playernumber/8016/roundid/2912/season/1990/teamnumber/313/players_page.html FIBA.com profile]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1988 IOC 1988 Summer Olympics]
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