AN Sehyeon

Republic of Korea

Swimming

Date of Birth: 14 Oct 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of birth: ULSAN

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Place of residence : ULSAN

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Butterfly
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay KOR Republic of Korea

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Butterfly - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Fly	200Fly
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (57.95)	SF (2:08.69)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly	200Fly	4x100Free W	4x200Free
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	5th (57.07)	4th (2:06.67)	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (26.90)	SF (58.44)	-	-	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	H (2:13.26)	H (3:55.67)	H (8:32.98)
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	H (1:00.76)	-	-	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly	200Fly	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2018	Indonesia	5th (26.67)	3rd (58.00)	4th (2:08.83)	7th (DSQ)	3rd (3:49.27)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Goddess of the Butterfly (SKLIKE YouTube channel, 28 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Daelim University College, Anyang, KOR

Languages spoken:

Korean

Club name:

SK Telecom [Republic of Korea]

Injuries:

She damaged a ligament in her right thumb when she touched a touch pad during training at the end of May 2016. She was sidelined for three weeks. She suffered the same injury at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (news.hankyung.com, 22 Jul 2016; imbc.com, 06 Aug 2017)

She had fluid in her shoulder while competing at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (imbc.com, 06 Aug 2017)

She suffered an injury to her right elbow ahead of the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. She twice had a surgery on her elbow in 2014 and 2015. (imbc.com, 06 Aug 2017; view.asiae.co.kr, 13 Aug 2014; daily.hankooki.com, 01 Jan 2016)

Start:

She began the sport in her first grade at Samshin Primary School in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. (daily.hankooki.com, 01 Jan 2016; sktinsight.com, 24 Aug 2017; ujeil.com, 22 Nov 2018)

Reason:

She had been encouraged to take up the sport by her coach at primary school who noticed her talent. (ujeil.com, 22 Nov 2018)

Memorable:

Finishing fifth and setting a national record in the 100m butterfly at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (imbc.com, 06 Aug 2017)

Award:

In 2018 she was presented with a Rookie Award at the Korea Athletics Grand Awards. (star.mt.co.kr, 21 Mar 2018)

She received Best Athlete Award at the 2017 MBN Women's Sports Grand Awards in Republic of Korea. (news.mk.co.kr, 14 Dec 2017)

In 2013 she was awarded the Top Athlete Award by the Korean Swimming Association. (spojoy.com, 12 Feb 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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