An Jae-hyun explained

An Jae-hyun
Birth Date:25 December 1999
Birth Place:Daejeon, South Korea
Height:167 cm
Weight:60 kg
Playingstyle:Right-handed shakehand hold
Equipment:XIOM An Jaehyun TMXi Pro (blade), DHS Hurricane III (FH, black), XIOM Omega VII (BH, red)
Hrank:33 (28 November 2023)[1]
Crank:34 (20 February 2024)[2]
Show-Medals:yes

An Jae-hyun (born 25 December 1999) is a South Korean table tennis player.[3]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=45&Itemid=276&resetfilters=1&vw_rank_seniors___PID[value[]=121514&abc=121514 Rank History]. worldtabletennis.com. 23 February 2024.
  2. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking. ittf.com. 1 October 2023.
  3. Web site: '만화같던 세계 4강' 안재현, 도쿄서도 일 낼까. ko. Kim Jihan. JoongAng Ilbo. 8 May 2019. 13 January 2020.
  4. http://results.ittf.bornan.net/ittf-web-results/pdfs/TTE5000/C75.TTEMSINGLES-----------BRC-MAIN----_12_0.pdf 2019 World Table Tennis Championships Men's singles results
  5. Web site: 2021-02-04. Korean Olympic Trials Day 4: Lee Sangsu Qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Olympics - Edges and Nets. 2021-02-21. edgesandnets.com. en-US. 2 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302092028/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/02/04/korean-olympic-trials-day-4-lee-sangsu-qualifies-for-2020-tokyo-olympics/. dead.
  6. Web site: 2021-02-03. An Jaehyun Defeats Lee Sangsu 4-2 on Day 3 Of Korean Olympic Trials - Edges and Nets. 2021-02-21. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2021-03-04. Hugo Calderano Defeats An Jaehyun 3-1 In Dominant Fashion - Edges and Nets. 2021-03-04. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  8. Web site: 2021-03-09. An Jaehyun Avenges WTTC Semi-Final Loss With 3-0 Win Over Mattias Falck. 2021-03-09. edgesandnets.com. en-US.