An Kum-ae (, ; born 3 June 1980) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

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Biography

In the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, An won the gold medal in the Women's 52 kg Judo competition after defeating Yanet Bermoy of

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, having won the silver medal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, losing to Xian Dongmei of China in the gold medal match. An won a bronze medal in the half-lightweight category (52 kg) at the 2005 World Judo Championships, having defeated Lyudmila Bogdanova of Russia in the bronze medal match.Daily Report of 2005 Cairo World Judo Championships - 3 day
She again won the bronze medal at the

2007 World Judo Championships The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called ''Arena Multiuso'', that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, B ...

. An won the gold medal in the same weight category at the

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, having defeated

Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa ( mn, Мөнхбаатарын Бундмаа; born 4 September 1985) is a retired Mongolian judoka. She won the silver medal in the half-lightweight category (52 kg) of the 2006 Asian Games, having lost to An Kum-Ae ...

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in the final match. An currently resides in the North Korean capital city

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2006 Asian Games profile
1980 births Living people North Korean female judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for North Korea Olympic silver medalists for North Korea Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Olympic gold medalists for North Korea Sportspeople from Pyongyang Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo Universiade bronze medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade {{NorthKorea-judo-bio-stub