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An Se-young
Winning world and Olympic badminton singles titles.
World championship · Asian Games title
- Born
- 5 February 2002
- Birthplace
- Gwangju, South Korea
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An Se-young
An Se-young is a South Korean badminton player whose patient defence and court coverage carried her from teenage promise to major championships.
Early life
Junior competition
Entered international junior events at thirteen.
School selection
Earned national senior selection while still a middle-school student.
Career
- 2018–2019
Senior breakthrough
Won the Irish Open and then her first World Tour title in New Zealand.
- 2021–2022
Major contender
Won the World Tour Finals and helped South Korea win the Uber Cup.
- 2023–2024
World and Olympic champion
Reached world number one, won the world title and took Paris gold.
Achievements
World championship
Became South Korea’s first women’s singles world champion.
Asian Games title
Won singles gold at the delayed Hangzhou Games.
Olympic gold
Defeated He Bingjiao in the Paris final.
Beyond badminton
Athlete welfare
Spoke publicly about injury management and national-team support after Paris.
Representation
Was elected to the BWF Athletes’ Commission in 2025.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: KOCIS(Korean Culture and Information Service) Official Photographer : Kim Sunjoo. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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