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An Se-young 안세영

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An Se-young (Korean: 안세영; Hanja: 安洗瑩; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean badminton player, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She 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 medals at the 2023 and 2026 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 and 2026 Uber Cup as well at the 2022 Asian Games.

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An Se-young (안세영) — verified Korean entity.

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• Sport: badminton
• Represents: South Korea
• Awards: world champion
• Name: An Se-young
• Born: 5 February 2002
• Nationality: South Korean
• Notable Achievement: gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event
• Birth Date: 2002년 2월 5일

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