Park-Man-Bok
Park Man-Bok was mostly known by his achievements with Peru Women’s National Team, which he guided from 1973 to 1992 and from 1999 to 2001. He launched Peruvian female volleyball that had no major successes in this sport prior to his takeover to the world’s top. A year after he stopped being Peru Women head coach, Park Man-Bok started serving as an advisor in the Peruvian Volleyball Federation (FPV).
He died of vascular disease, several weeks upon being admitted in the Almenara Hospital in the Peruvian capital of Lima.
His first big success with Peru National Team was winning the silver medal at the 1982 FIVB World Championship on home soil. Peru lost the final to China. Four years later, they won the bronze medal in the same tournament, held in Czechoslovakia. But, the greatest achievement of Peru with Park Man-Bok at the helm was winning the silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games in one of the most spectacular title matchups ever. Peru dropped the lead in sets of 2-0 against the powerhouse Soviet Union.
All in all, he led Peru in five Olympic Games (winning one silver), five FIVB World Championships (winning one silver and one bronze), four FIVB World Cups, 12 South American Championships (winning 8 gold, two silver and two bronze medals), and four Pan American Games (winning two silver and two bronze medals).
Prior to coaching Peru, Park Man-Bok led South Korea Women’s National Team to the bronze medal at the 1973 FIVB World Cup, while he won a couple of medals with Peru youth teams as well – silver at the 1981 FIVB World Championship and silver at the 1982 FIVB World Cup.
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