An Se-young

An Se-young (Korean: 안세영; Hanja: 安洗瑩; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean badminton player from Gwangju, who was named 2019’s Most Promising Player of the Year and 2023's Female Player of the Year by the BWF. 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. She then clinched the women's singles gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games. An was also a part of South Korea’s gold medal winning teams at the 2022 Uber Cup and at the 2022 Asian Games.

An Se-young
안세영
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002
Gwangju, South Korea
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
CoachSung Ji-hyun
Women's singles
Career record286 wins, 61 losses
Highest ranking1 (1 August 2023)
Current ranking1 (8 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
2023 Copenhagen Women's singles
2022 Tokyo Women's singles
Sudirman Cup
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Uber Cup
2022 Bangkok Women's team
2018 Bangkok Women's team
2020 Aarhus Women's team
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Women's singles
2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asian Championships
2023 Dubai Women's singles
2022 Manila Women's singles
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Women's team
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
World Junior Championships
2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2017 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

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. 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. 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.

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