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| Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 2002 Gwangju, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Rony Agustinus Sung Ji-hyun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 312 wins, 65 losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (1 August 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 1 (29 October 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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An Se-young (Korean: 안세영; Hanja: 安洗瑩; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean badminton player from Gwangju, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event.[1] She was named 2019’s Most Promising Player of the Year and 2023's Female Player of the Year by the BWF.[2][3] She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships, making history as the first Korean women's singles player to win the World Championships title.[4] She then clinched the women's singles gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games.[5] An was also a part of South Korea’s gold medal winning teams at the 2022 Uber Cup and at the 2022 Asian Games.[6][7]
In 2018, An was selected to join the national team and became the first junior high school student on the South Korean national team. She was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team title at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.[8] An later represented her country at the 2018 Uber Cup in Bangkok and Asian Games in Jakarta, helping the team win a bronze medal in the former event.[9][10] In 2019, she clinched her first BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 New Zealand Open, beating the 2012 Olympic gold medalist Li Xuerui in the final.[11]
- ^ "(LEAD) (Olympics) Top-ranked badminton star enjoys dream finish with convincing victory". 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "안세영, BWF 세계배드민턴연맹 올해의 신인상 수상" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG". 11 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (27 August 2023). "S. Korean An Se-young captures women's singles title at badminton world championships". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Paik, Ji-hwan (7 October 2023). "An Se-young wins Korea's first badminton women's singles title in 29 years". JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Koreans new Uber Cup champs". Bangkok Post. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Yoon, Min-sik (1 October 2023). "S. Korea wins gold in women's badminton, 1st since 1994". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "'셔틀콕 천재소녀' 등장…여중생이 선발전 사상 첫 태극마크" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (22 May 2018). "Schoolgirl to the Rescue – Day 3 – Session 2: Total BWF TUC Finals 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "[아시안게임] 배드민턴 이소희-신승찬 등 16강행… 안세영 탈락" (in Korean). The Korea Economic Daily. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "셔틀콕 막내의 반란…안세영, 뉴질랜드오픈서 첫 우승(종합)". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2019.