An Jae-hyun
South Korean table tennis player (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Jae-hyun (Korean: 안재현; Hanja: 安宰賢; born 25 December 1999) is a South Korean table tennis player.[1]
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| Born | 25 December 1999 Daejeon, South Korea[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand hold[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | XIOM An Jaehyun TMXi Pro (blade), DHS Hurricane III (FH, black), XIOM Omega VII (BH, red) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 19 (15 April 2025) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 19 (15 April 2025)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.[4]
2021
An Jaehyun failed to qualify for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite tying for the best overall record at the Korean Olympic trials and going undefeated against top seed Jeoung Young-sik and second seed and eventual trial winner Lee Sang-su.[5][6]
An Jae-hyun lost in the round of 16 to Hugo Calderano at the WTT Contender event in World Table Tennis' inaugural event WTT Doha.[7] Despite only being ranked 39, An was able to avenge his World Championship semi-final loss to world ranked #8 Mattias Falck with a 3–0 win in the round of 32.[8]
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