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Rio 2016 Olympic Calympian: Byeong-Hun An, Men's golf, South Korea

Sport: Men's Golf (August 11-14)

Country: South Korea

Birthday: September 17th, 1991 (age 24)

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea (moved to the United States in 2005)

Cal affiliation: formerCalifornia Golden Bears golfer, turned pro in summer of 2011

Years at Cal: 2010/2011

Olympic appearances: This is An’s first Olympic appearance, Golf just returned to the Olympic games for the first time since 1904

Byeong-Hun An, who was known as Ben An during his one year at Cal was the most accomplished amateur golfer to ever commit to the Cal men’s golf program.