An Jung-hwa
Personal information
Born (1981-02-20) 20 February 1981
South Korea
Nationality South Korean
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left wing
National team
Years Team
 South Korea
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2006 DohaTeam
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationAn Jeong(-)hwa
McCune–ReischauerAn Chŏnghwa

An Jung-hwa (Korean: 안정화; born 20 February, 1981), also known as An Jeong-Hwa, is a South Korean professional handball player and Olympic medalist, who played on the South Korean national team.

Professional career

In 2006, An participated in the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, as part of the South Korean national team and won the gold medal.[1]

In 2008, she played for Daegu Metropolitan City Hall, a South Korean handball club located in Daegu.

The same year, An also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with the South Korean team.[2] She played as left wing, scored multiple times during the tournament and won the bronze medal.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "South Korea - Athletes and teams". DAGOC. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006.
  2. ↑ Kim Tong-hyung (15 August 2008). "First Handball Loss". The Korea Times. Seoul. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2024-01-11.


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