An San

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An San
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Personal information
Native name안산
National teamFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Born (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)
Gwangju, South Korea
Education Kwangju Women's University  [ ko ]
Height173.7 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
Sport Archery
Rank6 (as of 6 November 2023) [1]
Event Recurve
University teamGwangju Women's University
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1 (as of 27 September 2021) [2]
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 300
World Championships 201
Archery World Cup 601
Asian Games 110
Total1212
Event1st2nd3rd
Women's individual401
Women's team501
Mixed team300
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Yankton Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Yankton Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Yankton Individual
World Cup Final
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tlaxcala Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Individual
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Bangkok Team

An San (Korean : 안산; Hanja : 安山, born 27 February 2001) is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She won three gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the women's team, mixed team and individual events, becoming the first archer in Olympic history to do so at a single Games. [3] [4] An also set a new Olympic Record scoring 680 points at the Women's Individual Archery's Ranking Round. The previous record of 673 points was set by Ukrainian Lina Herasymenko at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [5]

Contents

Career

An was born on 27 February 2001, in Gwangju, South Korea. She graduated from Kwangju Women's University  [ ko ]. [6]

2017–2019: Early career

She competed at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships where she won her first medal in mixed team event. [7]

2019–2020: International debut

She made her international debut at the 2019 Archery World Cup stage 4 in Berlin, winning gold in the women's individual, gold in the mixed team, and bronze in women's team event. [8]

In 2020, she shot 1400, in the WA 1440 Round. [9]

2021–present: Olympic triple gold medalist

At 2020 Summer Olympics, she took three gold medals, one from the women's team event, which she won alongside Jang Min-hee and Kang Chae-young, another medal from the mixed team event with Kim Je-deok. [10] Meanwhile, in the semifinals of the mixed team event, the so-called 'Robin Hood arrow', in which an arrow from An penetrates the arrow fired by Kim Je-deok, drew attention. The arrows were donated by the International Olympic Committee along with the uniforms of the two athletes and displayed at the IOC Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. [11] [12] After winning in women's individual competition, beating Elena Osipova of Russia, she became triple gold medalist. [13]

An has been subject to online harassment [14] from Korean anti-feminists who criticize her short haircut and her enrollment at Gwangju Women's University. [15] [16] Some women have adopted the hair style in solidarity. [17] [18]

After Tokyo Olympics, she participated in 2021 World Archery Championships in Yankton. She teamed up with Kang Chae Young and Jang Min Hee, winning gold medal in women's team event. [19] [20] This is the 14th time South Korea women's team has won the world title. Later, she paired with Kim Woo-jin. The duo dispatched Russia in straight sets winning gold medal in mixed team event. [20] She also won the bronze medal in the women's individual event, after losing in her semi-final to Casey Kaufhold of the United States. [21] [22]

Filmography

Television shows

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2021Need for WomanceMain Cast [23] [24]

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
PublisherYearListiclePlacementRef.
Forbes 2022 30 Under 30 AsiaPlaced [25]

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References

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  20. 1 2 "Triple title sweep for Korean recurve teams in Yankton". World Archery. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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  23. ↑ Jang Jin-ri (1 September 2021). "[단독]'양궁스타' 안산, SBS '워맨스가 필요해' 출연…고정 예능 첫도전" [[Exclusive] 'Archery Star' Ansan to appear on SBS 'Need for Womance'... Fixed entertainment first challenge]. Spotify News (in Korean). Retrieved 1 September 2021– via Naver.
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  25. ↑ Rana, Wehbe Watson (28 May 2022). "FORBES 30 UNDER 30 ASIA LIST 2022" (in Korean). forbes. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
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