An San (Hangul: 안산; Hanja: 安山, born 27 February 2001) is a South Korean

archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...

competing in women's recurve events. She won three gold medals at the

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, in the women's team, mixed team and

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events, becoming the first archer in Olympic history to do so at a single Games. 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 Lina Serhiyivna Herasymenko ( uk, Ліна Сергіївна Герасименко; born 29 September 1974) is a Ukrainian archer. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she placed 23rd in the individual contest, and fifth ...

at the

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Career

2017–2019: Early career

She competed at the

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where she won her first medal in mixed team event.

2019–2020: International debut

She made her international debut at the

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stage 4 in Berlin, winning gold in the women's individual, gold in the mixed team, and bronze in women's team event. In 2020, she shot 1400, in the WA 1440 Round.

2021–present: Olympic triple gold medalist

, she took three gold medals, one from the women's team event, which she won alongside

Jang Min-hee Jang Min-hee (Hangul: 장민희, born 5 April 1999) is a South Korean archer. She won gold in the women's individual and team events at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. She also won the gold medal in the wome ...

and

Kang Chae-young Kang Chae-young (Hangul: 강채영, born 8 June 1996) is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events. She has won numerous medals in archery competitions. Career At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the ...

, another medal from the mixed team event with

Kim Je-deok Kim Je-deok ( ko, 김제덕; born 12 April 2004) is a South Korean archer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in the mixed team and men's team events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.He was the youngest archer competing at the 2020 Su ...

. 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

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along with the uniforms of the two athletes and displayed at the IOC Olympic Museum in

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. After winning in women's

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competition, beating Elena Osipova of Russia, she became triple gold medalist. An has been subject to online harassment from Korean anti-feminists who criticize her short haircut and her enrollment at Gwangju Women's University. Some women have adopted the hair style in solidarity. After Tokyo Olympics, she participated in

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in Yankton. She teamed up with Kang Chae Young and Jang Min Hee, winning gold medal in women's team event. 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

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in straight sets winning gold medal in mixed team event. She also won the bronze medal in the women's individual event, after losing in her semi-final to

Casey Kaufhold Casey Kaufhold (born March 6, 2004) is an American archer competing in women's recurve events. She won the silver medal in the women's individual event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. She competed in the ...

of the United States.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:An, San 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Gwangju South Korean female archers Olympic archers of South Korea Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in archery Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Archery Championships medalists 21st-century South Korean women