2024 President of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled Kim Cho Jung-doo X Chungnam Goalball Kim Jin

Dec 16, 2024

Choo Jung-du, a gold medalist in shooting at the Paris Paralympics. Photo courtesy = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled

○… On the 17th, the Korean Sports Association for the Disabled will hold the '2024 Korea Sports Association Presidential Award' at the Icheon Athletes' Village auditorium in Gyeonggi-do. Shooting Cho Jung-doo (BDH Paras), the first gold medalist at the Paris Paralympics, will be awarded in the Sports Promotion Award, and Kim Jin, head coach of the Chungnam Goalball Business Team, will be awarded in the Sports Promotion Award. Kakao Media Sports and KBS reporter Lee Jung-hwa will receive the Public Relations Award, while social welfare corporation CEO Dongjin Kang Oe-sook, executive director of the Korea Badminton Association for the Disabled, and Gwangju Metropolitan City Council member Kim Yong-im will receive the Achievement Award.

○…The Korean Sports Association for the Disabled will hold a ceremony to disband the 14th Korean Sports Association's social reporters in the conference room of the Olympic Hall in Seoul on the 18th. Deliver the certificate of completion and award outstanding reporters. Over the past six months, the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled has produced various contents related to sports for the disabled, contributing to raising social interest in sports for the disabled and spreading positive perceptions of the disabled.

○…The overseas joint training for the disabled ice hockey rookie will be held in Colorado, USA, for 6 nights and 8 days from the 13th to the 20th. A total of 10 people, including eight rookie ice hockey players and two executives, will participate in the training, and programs such as joint training and exchange with Colorado's disabled ice hockey team and tours to sports facilities for the disabled will be held.

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