An Jae-hyun
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| Born | 25 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand hold[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment | XIOM An Jaehyun TMXi Pro (blade), DHS Hurricane III (FH, black), XIOM Omega VII (BH, red) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 16 (15 July 2025) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 18 (5 August 2025)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An Jae-hyun (Korean: 안재현; Hanja: 安宰賢; born 25 December 1999) is a South Korean table tennis player.[1]
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]
2026 Major League Table Tennis
Jae-hyun was selected by The New York Slice in the 2026 Major League Table Tennis draft [9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kim Jihan (8 May 2019). "'만화같던 세계 4강' 안재현, 도쿄서도 일 낼까". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ↑ "All Players Ranking". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "Week #32 - August 5th". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ 2019 World Table Tennis Championships Men's singles results
- ↑ "Korean Olympic Trials Day 4: Lee Sangsu Qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Olympics - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ↑ "An Jaehyun Defeats Lee Sangsu 4-2 on Day 3 Of Korean Olympic Trials - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ↑ "Hugo Calderano Defeats An Jaehyun 3-1 In Dominant Fashion - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "An Jaehyun Avenges WTTC Semi-Final Loss With 3-0 Win Over Mattias Falck". edgesandnets.com. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ↑ Scotchie, Luke (30 April 2026). "Season 4 MLTT Draft - Full Order". Major League Table Tennis. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
External links
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- South Korean male table tennis players
- 1999 births
- Living people
- World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Daejeon
- Asian Games silver medalists in table tennis
- Asian Games table tennis players for South Korea
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Table tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
- Asian Table Tennis Championships medalists