Korean volleyball's greatness has declined...Legendary Jang Yoon-chang passed away today (30th)
May 30, 2025
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According to the volleyball community, Professor Jang Yoon-chang died of stomach cancer, a long-suffering disease, earlier in the day.
I've been battling the disease for a long time. Even after retirement, he took care of himself thoroughly enough not to drink or smoke. However, human life is Jaecheon, and the disease was present in Legend's body.
It is a legend who led the heyday of Korean men's volleyball in the 1980s and 1990s. In particular, he led the men's volleyball world championship semifinals in Rome in 1978. This is the best performance in an international competition in the history of Korean men's volleyball. Even at a young age in his late teens, Jang Yoon-chang was the main apogee striker for the national team with seniors such as Kang Man-soo, Kim Ho-cheol, and Lee In.
His specialty was a rear-end attack with explosive jumping power enough to be nicknamed 'Dolphin'. He is also famous for using Sky serve (spike serve) for the first time in the history of Korean men's volleyball when he was a student at Gyeonggi University. After that, Kim Se-jin, Park Chul-woo, and Lim Dong-hyuk are the legends of the national team's Apogit big guns.
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It is impressive that he spent a long active career compared to other players of his time until just before the Super League was renamed (1995). It was thanks to thorough physical care that does not drink and smoke.
After retirement, he served as a professor of sports science at Kyunggi University after serving as a game supervisor of the Korea Volleyball Association and a director of performance enhancement. Unlike their fathers, their sons Jang Dae-han and Jang Min-guk both grew up as basketball players. The second son, Jang Min-guk, recently enjoyed winning the championship match at the Changwon LG Sakers.
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"I've been feeling better for a while. You even dreamed of working in the field again...I heard there was a red light all of a sudden. He is a legend who dominated the era of Korean volleyball and is like a guide in my life. It's frustrating."
OK Savings Bank coach Shin Young-chul also lamented, `The big star of Korean volleyball has lost.' "Unbecoming of that era, I remember taking care of myself without drinking a drink or smoking when I was a player. He was upset, saying, "A representative player who will go down in the history of Korean volleyball."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
