The selection was based on a vote by sports writers for Reuters, the news agency said on Friday.
Ahn, who became a naturalized Russian in 2011, won the gold medal in the men's 500-meter and 1,000-meter events, and the men's 5,000-meter relay during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He also won the bronze in the men’s 1,500-meter event.
Ahn was born in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, in 1985 with his Korean name Ahn Hyun-soo.
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