Alasan Ann

Alasan Ann (born September 29, 2000) is an American-Gambian taekwondo practitioner. He qualified to represent The Gambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography Ann was born on September 29, 2000, in Maple Grove, Minnesota, where he grew up. His father is from The Gambia and his mother from Liberia, having met him when he was part of an international force fighting the First Liberian Civil War. After his parents separated, Ann lived two years in Gambia with his father before returning to Minnesota. He first played football before being enrolled in taekwondo classes when he was age six. He started training with Grandmaster Eui Lee at Maple Grove's World Taekwondo Academy when he was age seven. He began competing in senior tournaments in 2018, winning bronze at that year's Mexico Open, Pan Am Open, Costa Rica Open and Canada Open competitions. He also won silver at the 2022 Puerto Rico Open and the Rio Open and was the bronze medalist at the Polish Open.

Four months before the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournament, Ann was shot in his right leg by a stray bullet in Saint Paul.