20 December 2007 - FITA appoints Coach Mun Baek Woon for the MEAC in Cairo

FITA appoints Coach Mun Baek Woon for the MEAC in Cairo Lausanne – 20 December 2007   At the end of December 2007 Coach Kim Jeong-Ho will leave the FITA MEAC for new challenges with the Turkish Archery Team. He will be replaced by a new Korean Coach called Mr Mun Baek Woon.   Mr Kim Jeong-Ho    His human and archery coaching skills have been highly appreciated by the MEAC users. All people involved in the MEAC operation will miss him, but fortunately Kim Jeong-Ho will remain in the archery coaching area, and we wish him the best in his future duties with the Turkish Archery Federation.   FITA is pleased to announce that Mr Mun Baek Woon will be taking over from Mr Kim Jeong-Ho as of 1 January 2008.      Mr Mun Baek Woon This 42 years old Korean archery coach with a Physical Education Teacher background has already an impressive archery resume.   First he was a Korean National Archery Team member on 1984 and 1985. Then he started an archery coaching career, in Middle School, then High School, before working abroad were he learned English and speaks fluently.           2002 - 2004: Malaysia National Junior Archery Coach. 2004 - 2005: Philippines National Archery Coach. 2005 - 2006: Bhutan National Archery Coach 2006 - 2007: India National Archery Coach           Among the best results of his students, we can highlight:   2006 December 15th Doha Asian Games Ø     India Men Team Bronze Medal   2006 November Commonwealth Archery Championships Ø     India Men and Women Team Gold Medal Ø     Individual Women Gold, Men Bronze   2006 October 2nd Asian Grand Prix Ø     India Men and Women Team Gold Medal Ø     Individual Women Bronze Medal   2005 February 1st Asian Grand Prix Ø     Bhutan Men Team Bronze Medal Ø     Has individual Prize of Korean Domestic Competition   Mr Mun Baek Woon is also certified Korean National Judge and as you can see Mr Mun Baek Woon looks like an ideal person for being in charge of the FITA Middle East Archery Centre set in Cairo (Egypt). Here below the upcoming activities for 2008:   January - Training camps of Spanish team - African training camp February - Judge’s seminar - African Championships & Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Coaching Course - Training camp Italian team March - Training camp Finnish team - Training camp Polish team   By the time you will be reading this article, Mun Baek Woon should be a father; his wife is indeed expecting a baby around Christmas.   FITA would like to take this opportunity to send our best wishes to his family and for his work at the FITA MEAC.   Pascal Colmaire FITA Development & Education Director