
Korea Sports Council, first baseball player to be inducted
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Korea Sports Heroes was first established in 2011 as a project by the Korea Sports Council to select and commemorate legendary heroes who have shone in modern and contemporary sports history.
The Korea Sports Council announced on the 4th that it selected the late Korean baseball legend Choi Dong-won as the ‘2026 Korean Sports Hero.’
The Sports Council held the 5th Sports Hero Selection Committee on the 27th of last month and deliberated on the three final candidates (Park Joo-bong, Choi Dong-won, and Hwang Young-jo) and decided on Choi Dong-won as the Sports Hero of the Year.
Choi Dong-won led the Lotte Giants to their first championship in club history by winning four games in the 1984 Korean Series, and also played an active role as a member of the national team, winning the 1977 Intercontinental Cup and the 1982 World Baseball Championship.
Over a total of 8 seasons in professional baseball, he appeared in 248 games and recorded 103 wins, 26 saves, 1,019 strikeouts, and an ERA of 2.46.
After retirement, he contributed to the development of baseball by working as a coach, commentator, Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) game operation committee member, and national team power analyst, but passed away in 2011 from colon cancer, a chronic illness.
Korea Sports Heroes was first established in 2011 as a project by the Korea Sports Council to select and commemorate legendary heroes who have shone in modern and contemporary sports history.
Choi Dong-won is the first baseball player to be selected as a Korean sports hero, and the third ball sports player after Park Shin-ja (basketball, 2015) and Cha Bum-geun (soccer, 2017).
The Korea Sports Council plans to hold a Korean sports hero induction ceremony in December to honor the deceased's achievements.

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