An San

For a city in South Korea, see Ansan.

In this Korean name, the family name is An.
An San
Personal information
Native name안산
National team South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Born (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)
Gwangju, South Korea
EducationKwangju Women's University [ko]
Height173.7 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportArchery
Rank6 (as of 6 November 2023) [1]
EventRecurve
University teamGwangju Women's University
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1 (as of 27 September 2021) [2]
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  South Korea
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 0
World Championships 2 0 1
Archery World Cup 6 0 1
Asian Games 1 1 0
Total 12 1 2
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Women's individual 4 0 1
Women's team 5 0 1
Mixed team 3 0 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yankton Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yankton Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Yankton Individual
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tlaxcala Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Individual
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 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]

  1. ^ "World Ranking Recurve Women Individual". World Archery. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ "An San Biography". World Archery. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Archery An San - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ Jeon, Young-jae (30 July 2021). "Korean archer An San makes history with third gold medal". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. ^ "South Korean archer An San sets new Olympic record". olympics.com. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.