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Viktor An
Ahn in 2016
Personal information
Birth nameAhn Hyun-soo
안현수
Born (1985-11-23) November 23, 1985 (age 38)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Spouse
Woo Nari
(m. 2014)
Sport
CountryViktor An South Korea (until 2011)
Viktor An Russia (since 2011)
SportShort track speed skating
RetiredApril 27, 2020
Achievements and titles
World finalsWorld Championship
2014 Overall
2007 Overall
2006 Overall
2005 Overall
2004 Overall
2003 Overall
World Cup
2006 Overall
2004 Overall
Personal best(s)500 m: 39.961 (2019)[2]
1000 m: 1:23.487 (2013)[2]
1500 m: 2:10.639 (2003, Former WR)[2][3]
3000 m: 4:32.646 (2003, Former WR)[2][4]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 6 0 2
World Championships 20 10 5
World Team Championships 2 3 1
European Championships 8 6 2
World Junior Championships 4 0 1
Winter Universiade 3 0 1
Asian Games 5 1 0
Total 48 20 12
Representing Viktor An Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 1500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Montreal Overall
Gold medal – first place 2014 Montreal 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Debrecen 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Debrecen 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Montreal 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Rotterdam 3000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2014 Debrecen Overall
Gold medal – first place 2014 Debrecen 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Debrecen 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Debrecen 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Debrecen 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dordrecht 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dordrecht 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Malmö 1000m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dordrecht Overall
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dordrecht 3000 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Turin 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2018 Dresden 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Dresden 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Malmö 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Turin 500 m
Representing Viktor An South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Montreal 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2003 Warsaw Overall
Gold medal – first place 2003 Warsaw 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Warsaw 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Warsaw 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2004 Gothenburg Overall
Gold medal – first place 2004 Gothenburg 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Gothenburg 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Gothenburg 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Gothenburg 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2005 Beijing Overall
Gold medal – first place 2005 Beijing 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Minneapolis Overall
Gold medal – first place 2006 Minneapolis 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Minneapolis 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Milan Overall
Gold medal – first place 2007 Milan 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Milan 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2002 Montreal Overall
Silver medal – second place 2002 Montreal 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Montreal 3000 m
Silver medal – second place 2003 Warsaw 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Beijing 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Beijing 3000 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Beijing 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Milan 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Beijing 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Milan 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Milan 1500 m
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 St. Petersburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Montréal Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Sofia Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Chuncheon Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Milwaukee Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Chuncheon Overall
Gold medal – first place 2002 Chuncheon 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2002 Chuncheon 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2002 Chuncheon 2000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Chuncheon 1500 m S.F.
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Innsbruck 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Innsbruck 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Innsbruck 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Innsbruck 1000 m
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Aomori 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Aomori 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Aomori 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2007 Changchun 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Changchun 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Changchun 1500 m
Victor An
Hangul
빅토르 안
Hanja
빅토르 安
Revised RomanizationBiktoreu An
McCune–ReischauerPikt'orŭ An
Ahn Hyun-soo
Hangul
안현수
Hanja
安賢洙
Revised RomanizationAn Hyeonsu
McCune–ReischauerAn Hyŏnsu

Viktor An (Russian: Виктор Ан; born Ahn Hyun-soo (Korean: 안현수) on November 23, 1985),[5] is a South Korean-born Russian short-track speed skating coach and retired short-track speed skater. With a total of eight Olympic medals, six gold and two bronze, he is the only short track speed skater in Olympic history to win gold in every distance, and the first to win a medal in every distance at a single Games.[6] He has the most Olympic gold medals in the sport, three of which he won in the 2006 Winter Olympics and the other three in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Considered to be the greatest short track speed skater of all time, he is a six-time overall World champion (2003-2007, 2014), two-time overall World Cup winner (2003–04, 2005–06), and the 2014 European champion. He holds the most overall titles at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, and is the only male short track skater to win five consecutive world titles.[7]

In 2008, Ahn suffered a knee injury and could not regain his health by the time the national qualifiers for Vancouver 2010 came around. His recovery being slow and his South Korean local team dissolved in 2010,[8][9] Ahn, aiming for his second Olympics, became a Russian citizen the next year and began racing for the Russian team. After winning gold in Sochi, Ahn explained his reasons for joining the Russian team saying, "I wanted to train in the best possible environment and I proved my decision was not wrong." As expected, a gold-winning athlete leaving the national team caused public uproar in South Korea. However, it was aimed not at Ahn, but at the country's skating union. Most South Korean fans in a poll said they understood his decision.[10][11] Ahn continued his skating career in his adopted nation until 2019 and declared his retirement in April 2020.[8][12]

In 2023, Ahn returned to Korea as a short track leader. Ahn returned to South Korea and applied to be a coach for Seongnam City's short track speed skating team, despite having renounced his South Korean citizenship when becoming Russian.[13][14] However, since his change in 2014 he had been increasingly criticized for his work in Russia amid the Russo-Ukrainian War and his coaching position in the Chinese team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Some Korean coaches have formed The Korea Skating Coaches' Union and urged "Seongnam City to appoint a coach that meets the public eye level" and criticized Ahn that he "lied during the naturalization process and betrayed his country".[15][16] and He was criticized by the public for betraying his country by transferring Korean sports skills to Russia and China. Ahn was eventually denied the coaching position due to significant public opposition.[17]

After being denied his position as Seongnam City Hall coach due to strong public opposition, Ahn explained the controversy he knew about his loss of nationality in advance and receives a full Olympic medal pension prior to Russian naturalization. he said: "I donated every pension I had received prior to naturalization". According to his explanation and a Korean ice skating official mentioned in Chosun Ilbo shortly thereafter, the entire lump sum pension he received was spent on rehabilitating "children who needed heart surgery and Korean junior players".[18][19] And he make his first start as a Korean Sports leader, being named as a coach in the 2023-2024 national team trials at the request of his juniors. The Korea Skating Union officially announced this through Yonhap News Agency, and the Korean media reported it collectively.[20]

  1. ^ a b "Viktor An". Olympedia. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Biographical data for: Viktor An". shorttrackonline.info. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "1500m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "3000m Men World Record Progression". International Skating Union. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  5. ^ Victor An at the International Skating Union.
  6. ^ International Olympic Committee (March 31, 2021). "Happier Ahn makes short track history". olympics.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  7. ^ "Most Overall Titles at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (individual)". guinnessworldrecords.com. Guinness World Records. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  8. ^ a b OlympicTalk (April 27, 2020). "Viktor Ahn, greatest Olympic short track speed skater, retires again". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  9. ^ Kim, Young-rok (January 9, 2012). "[집중기획] '쇼트트랙 황제'가 청년백수로…"안현수를 원하는 곳이 없었다"" [From 'short track emperor' to the unemployed - no team wanted to accept Ahn Hyun-soo]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  10. ^ Kim, Narae (February 16, 2014). "Ahn's gold hard for South Koreans to swallow". Reuters. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  11. ^ Inside the Games FISU (September 28, 2020). "Universiade Legends: Viktor Ahn". Inside the Games. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  12. ^ NBC OlympicTalk (August 25, 2020). "Viktor Ahn the latest Olympic star to coach Chinese athletes ahead of Beijing 2022". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  13. ^ Yonhap News Agency (January 12, 2023). "Victor An applies for coaching job in motherland". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  14. ^ Kim, So-hyun (January 11, 2023). "Viktor An seeks to return as coach in Korea". The Korea Herald. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  15. ^ Kim, Yumin (January 14, 2023). ""Ahn Hyun-soo, a Russian who abandoned Korea" - League of Leaders' Criticism of Determination' ("안현수, 한국 버린 러시아인" 지도자연맹 '작심 비판')" (in Korean). Seoul Shinmun. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  16. ^ Cho, Young-joon (January 13, 2023). "Ice Leaders Federation Statement Announced "Concerned about the return of leader Viktor Ahn"". SPOTV. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  17. ^ Yonhap News Agency (January 29, 2023). "Ex-Russian short tracker Victor An misses out on coaching position in native S. Korea". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  18. ^ Young-ji, Jeon (February 7, 2023). "Ahn Hyun-soo, who finally opened his mouth, said: "Right after receiving the Olympic medal pension, naturalization in Russia is not true... the pension was fully donated." (마침내 입 연 안현수"연금수령→러 귀화 사실 아냐...연금은 전액기부")" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  19. ^ Park, Dae-hyun (February 7, 2023). "'Can't return to Korea' Ahn Hyun-soo... "I donated all the pension I received"". SPOTV. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  20. ^ Yoo Ji-ho (April 13, 2023). "Ex-Russian short track star Victor An to coach at S. Korean nat'l team trials". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved April 14, 2023.

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