AN Heji

Athlete

Korean

BNK Sum [Busan, KOR] since 2016

Park Jung-Eun [club], KOR; Chun Joo-Weon [national], KOR

Guard (bnksumbasket.com, 24 Apr 2021)

Her younger sister An Joo-Yeon has played basketball for the Samsung Blue Minx club in the Women's Korean Basketball League [WKBL]. (rookie.co.kr, 25 Jul 2020)

Women's Korean Basketball League [KOR] (wkbl.or.kr, 20 Apr 2020)

She took up the sport in grade three at Daesin Elementary School in Busan, Republic of Korea. (hankyung.com, 29 Apr 2020)

She was selected by a teacher who recruited basketball players. "The teacher was looking for tall students, but somehow I was also called up. However, my mother didn't allow me to get involved in the sport, so I wrote write a letter every morning for two weeks to get permission." (hankyung.com, 29 Apr 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (busan.com, 01 Apr 2020)

She takes between 900 and 1000 shots a day in training. (hankyung.com, 29 Apr 2020)

Korean basketball players Kim Seung-Hyun and Heo Hoon. (busan.com, 01 Apr 2020; seoul.co.kr, 09 Oct 2021)

She received the Most Assists Award and was also named one of the All Star Five Players in the 2019/20 Women's Korean Basketball League [WKBL] season in the Republic of Korea. (jumpball.co.kr, 27 Jun 2020)

She was given the Most Assists Award and the Most Improved Player Award for the 2018/19 WKBL in the Republic of Korea. (yna.co.kr, 11 Mar 2019)