An San

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For a city in South Korea, see Ansan.

In this Korean name, the family name is An.
An San
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An in 2021
Personal information
Native name
안산
National teamFile:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Born (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 25)
Gwangju, South Korea
EducationGwangju Women's University (ko)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportArchery
Rank5 (as of 20 October 2025) [1]
Event
Recurve
University teamGwangju Women's University
Turned proGwangju Bank
Coached byKim Sung-eun
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1 (as of 27 September 2021) [2]
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 0
World Championships 2 1 3
Archery World Cup 10 1 3
Asian Games 1 1 0
Total 16 3 6
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Women's individual 5 2 3
Women's team 11 0 3
Mixed team 3 1 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
Silver medal – second place 2025 Gwangju Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Yankton Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Gwangju Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Gwangju Team
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tlaxcala Individual
Gold medal – first place 2025 Nanjing 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
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Berlin Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Berlin Mixed Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gwangju Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Medellín Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Medellín Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Shanghai Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Medellín Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 2025 Shanghai Team
Gold medal – first place 2025 Madrid Team
Silver medal – second place 2025 Antalya Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Berlin Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Shanghai Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Antalya Team
World Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rosario Mixed 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]

Career

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

2017–2019: Early career

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

2019–2020: International debut

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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

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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

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Television shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Need for Womance Main Cast [23][24]

Listicles

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Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Forbes 2022 30 Under 30 Asia Placed [25]

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