An Jae-song

An Jae-song
Personal information
Born(1936-05-03)3 May 1936
Died26 October 1979(1979-10-26) (aged 43)
Seoul, South Korea
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSports shooting
College teamDong-a University
TeamROK Marine Corps
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's shooting
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1966 Bangkok25 m center-fire pistol team
Gold medal – first place1966 Bangkok50 m free pistol team
Korean name
Hangul
안재송
Hanja
安載松
RRAn Jaesong
MRAn Chaesong

An Jae-song (Korean: 안재송; 3 May 1934 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean sports shooter.

He became two times Asian Games champion at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, in the 25 m center-fire pistol team and 50 m free pistol team events.

He also competed at other international competitions, including three times at the Summer Olympics. He participated at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics with his best Olympic result being ninth place in the men's 50 metre pistol event at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Working as a bodyguard, he was killed during the assassination of South Korean President Park Chung Hee in Seoul on 26 October 1979.

References

  1. 1 2 3 올림피크의 얼굴 - 사격 [The Face of the Olympics - Shooting]. Kyunghyang Shinmun (in Korean). Seoul. 27 August 1964.
  2. 1 2 "An Jae-Song". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "An Jae-song". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Portrait of the athlete, AHN, Jae Song". ISSF. Retrieved 9 July 2015.