Olympic history of Thailand

THA

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The NOK of Thailand , the Olympic Committee of Thailand , was founded in 1948 and recognized by the IOC two years later . Since 1952, the East Asian state has participated in all Summer Olympic Games , with the exception of the Moscow Games in 1980. Thai winter sports enthusiasts have been taking part in the Winter Olympics since 2002. Young athletes competed in both of the youth summer games that have been held so far.

Overview

Summer games

The first Thai Olympic team consisted of athletes in Helsinki in 1952. The first Olympic athlete in Thailand was sprinter Adul Wanatasith on July 20, 1952. The country's first woman to attend the Olympic Games on October 12, 1964, was the yachtsman Princess Arunee, the wife of Prince Bira , who started in the same boat.

In addition to athletics, Thailand was also in the following summer games in the sports of sailing, boxing, football and basketball (from 1956), shooting (from 1960), judo, cycling, swimming and weightlifting (from 1964), archery, diving and fencing (from 1976 ), Badminton and tennis (from 1992), table tennis and rowing (from 2000), taekwondo and horse riding (from 2004), canoeing (from 2012) and golf (from 2016).

Thailand remained unsuccessful until 1972. This changed in 1976 in Montreal with the first medal win. The boxer Phayao Phoontharat won bronze in the light flyweight division. Boxing then developed into the strongest and most successful sport in Thailand. In 1984 Dhawee Umponmaha won silver at the light welterweight division . 1988 bronze in the bantamweight by Phajol Moolsan, 1992 again bronze in welterweight by Arkhom Chenglai .

In 1996 not only were two medals won, Thailand's first Olympic victory was celebrated. After Vichai Rachanon won bronze in bantamweight, Somluck Kamsing became Olympic featherweight champion. In 2000 in Sydney three medals were won. In boxing, Wijan Ponlid became Olympic flyweight champion. Pornchai Thongburan won bronze in the light middleweight division. The first Olympic medal by a Thai woman was won by the weightlifter Khassaraporn Suta, who won bronze in the lightweight. Her teammate Saipin Dejsaeng finished fourth in the middleweight division.

With eight medals, including three Olympic victories, the 2004 Summer Games in Athens were Thailand's most successful Olympic Games. In weightlifting there was the first Thai Olympic champion. Udomporn Polsak won the featherweight division, a day later Pawina Thongsuk did the same in the heavyweight division. Aree Wiratthaworn won bronze in the flyweight and Wandee Kameaim in the lightweight. The third gold medal was won by the light welterweight boxer Manus Bonnhumnong . Worapoj Petchkoom won silver in the bantamweight division, Suriya Prasathinphimai won bronze in the middleweight division. Another bronze medal was won by the flyweight Taekwondoin Yeowapa Boorapolchai. In saber fencing, Wiradech Kothny, a medalist for Thailand, was on the planche. Kothny competed for Germany in Sydney in 2000 and won silver in both singles and teams. In the men's singles of the badminton tournament Boonsak Ponsana reached the semi-finals, but failed there because of the later Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia. The bronze match against Sony Dwi Kuncoro , also from Indonesia, was also lost.

In 2008 in Beijing boxer Somjit Jongjohor became Olympic flyweight champion. The defending champion in light welterweight, Manus Boonjumnong, won silver this time. Weightlifter Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon achieved another Olympic victory in featherweight. Wandee Kameaim, who won bronze in 2004, was fourth in the lightweight this time. In subsequent tests of doping samples in 2016, the flyweight gold and silver medalists, the Chinese Chen Xiexia and the Turkish Sibel Özkan were subsequently disqualified. As a result, Pensiri Laosirikul advanced to Bronze Square. In the lightweight, the Russian Marina Schainowa , who originally won silver, was subsequently disqualified. The fourth-placed Wandee Kameaim subsequently won bronze. The Taekwondoin Buttree Puedpong won silver in the flyweight division. The skeet shooter Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit finished fifth.

In London 2012 two silver and two bronze medals came together. The boxer Kaew Pongprayoon won silver in the light flyweight division and the weightlifter Pimsiri Sirikaew in the lightweight division. Fourth places were reached here by Sirivimon Pramongkhol in the flyweight and in the men of Chatuphum Chinnawong in the middleweight division. Siripuch Gulnoi, who was initially in 4th place in the lightweight division, moved up to bronze after the third-placed, Ukrainian Julija Kalina, was subsequently disqualified for doping. The second bronze medal went to the Taekwondoin Chanatip Sonkham in the flyweight division. In the women's singles of the badminton tournament, Ratchanok Intanon defeated German Juliane Schenk in two sets in the round of 16 .

Two weightlifters became Olympic champions in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Sopita Tanasan won the flyweight, Sukanya Srisurat won the lightweight ahead of her teammate Pimsiri Sirikaew. Sinphet Kruaithong also won bronze in the men's bantamweight division. Chatuphum Chinnawong was fourth in the middleweight division just like four years ago, while Sarat Sumpradit achieved the same position in the middleweight division. Weightlifting replaced boxing as the strongest Thai sport at the Olympic Games. Two medals were won in Taekwondo. In the men's race, Tawin Hanprab won the silver flyweight medal. In the same weight class for women, Panipak Wongpattanakit won bronze. The golfer Kiradech Aphibarnrat reached 5th place.

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  The four-time Olympian Prince Bira

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  Somluck Kamsing, Thailand's first Olympic champion in 1996

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  The tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan, standard bearer 2004

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  Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, 2008 Olympic champion

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  The fencer Wiradech Kothny

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  The badminton player Ratchanok Inthanon

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  Award ceremony in Taekwondo 2016: right Panipak Wongpattanakit with bronze. In 2014 she was a youth Olympic champion

Winter games

Vanessa-Mae at the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay

In 2002 a Thai competed in the Winter Olympics for the first time. The cross-country skier Prawat Nagvajara was the first winter Olympic athlete in his country on February 9, 2002. He also started in Turin in 2006. In 2014 in Sochi, alpine ski racers took part for the first time. Vanessa Vanakorn, world-famous as the violinist Vanessa-Mae , was the first woman in Thailand to take part in the Winter Games on February 18, 2014. In November 2014, the FIS , the international ski association, banned it for four years. She was accused of having manipulated the qualifying races in her favor. The International Court of Justice lifted the ban in June 2015 because the allegations were not considered proven.

Youth games

34 young people, 13 boys and 21 girls, took part in the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010 . A total of seven medals were won, four gold and three silver medals. Youth Olympic champions in badminton were Sapsiree Taerattanachai , who won the girls' singles, and Pisit Poodchalat , who won the boys singles. The sailor Siripon Kaewduangngam won gold in the boat class Techno 293 . The Taekwondo in Worawong Pongpanit won the bantamweight division. In weightlifting, three silver medals were won by Chatuphum Chinnawong in the middleweight division of the boys and in the girls by Sirivimon Pramongkhol in the flyweight division and Chitchanok Pulsubsakul in the heavyweight division. In athletics, the sprinter Jirapong Meenapra took 5th place over 100 meters. Discus thrower Subenrat Insaeng also achieved fifth place . The gymnast Weena Chokpaoumpai was fifth in the jump. The table tennis player Suthasini Sawettabut failed in the match for bronze in the girls' singles.

In the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing , 37 young people took part, 19 boys and 18 girls. The athletes won three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. There were two Olympic champions in the girls' weightlifting: Rattanaphon Pakkaratha in the bantamweight division and Duangaksorn Chaidee in the heavyweight division. There was also a silver medal by Sakda Meeboon in the boys' bantamweight division. The Taekwondoin Panipak Wongpattanakit became Olympic flyweight champion. The swimmer Sarisa Suwannachet won silver in the 400 meter freestyle. Bronze went to the golfers Danthai Boonma, who came third in the boys 'competition, and Supamas Sangchan, who came third in the girls' category. Badminton player Busanan Ongbumrungpan won a third bronze medal in the girls' singles. Badminton player Mek Narongrit played for the bronze medal in a mixed doubles match with Chinese Jinjing Qin, and the game was lost in two sets. In athletics, Witthawat Thumcha ran over 400 meter hurdles in 5th place. The girls' basketball team qualified for the round of 16, but lost here with 5: 9 against Germany. Apiwat Sringam achieved fifth places in the boys' boat class CII and Duangkamon Phongern in the techno 293 boat class for the girls. In table tennis, the duo Temolwan Khetkhuan and Padasak Tanviriyavechakul failed in two sets in the game for the bronze medal against their opponents from Hong Kong.

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  Sapsiree Taerattanachai, 2010 Youth Olympic Champion in badminton

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  Discus thrower Subenrat Insaeng in 2017

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  Badminton player Busanan Ongbumrungpan, bronze 2014

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports																					Medals
	total	m	w																										total	rank
1896-1948	not participated
1952	8th	8th	0		8th
1956	35	35	0		8th	2	5	11	9
1960	20th	20th	0		8th	2	4th			6th
1964	54	47	7th		18th	4th	5			10	3	8th	2	4th
1968	41	41	0			1	3	17th		11		7th		2
1972	33	33	0	Rangsit Yanothai	4th	3	7th			10	1	7th		1
1976	42	39	3		4th	2	5			12	1	6th	2	1	3	1	5											1	1	37
1980	not participated
1984	35	25th	10	Rangsit Yanothai	10	1	5			17th					2												1		1	33
1988	14th	12	2	Somchai Khanthavanij	4th	1	6th			3																		1	1	46
1992	46	23	23		18th	2	6th			2	2		5	1				8th	2									1	1	54
1996	37	25th	12	Vissanu Sophanich	8th	1	6th			3	1		6th	1		2		7th	2							1		1	1	47
2000	52	34	18th	Somluck Kamsing	12	3	9			2			8th	5		2		6th	3	1	1					1		2	3	47
2004	42	24	18th	Paradorn Srichaphan	3	1	6th			2			6th	5			2	8th	2	1	1	4th	1			3	1	4th	8th	25th
2008	47	22nd	25th	Vorapoy Petchkoom	11	2	8th			5		1	2	7th			2	4th	1	1		3				2	2	2	6th	31
2012	37	19th	18th	Nuttapong Ketin	2	3	3			4th	1	1	2	7th	1			6th		1	1	3	1	1			2	2	4th	59
2016	54	26th	28	Ratchanok Inthanon	4th	4th	5			5	1	2	2	9	1			7th	2	3	2	3			4th	2	2	2	6th	35
total																										9	8th	16	33	53

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports		Medals
	total	m	w							total	rank
1924-1998	not participated
2002	1	1	0	Prawat Nagvajara	1
2006	1	1	0	Prawat Nagvajara	1
2010	not participated
2014	2	1	1	Kanet Sucharitakul		2
2018	4th	2	2	Mark Chanloung	2	2
total							0	0	0	0	-

List of medal winners

Gold medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Somluck Kamsing	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Featherweight	first Olympic victory
Wijan Ponlid	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Flyweight
Manus Boonjumnong	2004 Athens	Boxing	Light welterweight
Udomporn Polsak	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Featherweight
Pawina Thongsuk	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Heavyweight
Somjit Jongjohor	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Flyweight
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Featherweight
Sopita Tanasan	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Weightlifting	Flyweight
Sukanya Srisurat	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Weightlifting	lightweight

Silver medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Dhawee Umponmaha	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Welterweight
Vorapoy Petchkoom	2004 Athens	Boxing	Bantamweight
Manus Boonjumnong	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Light welterweight
Buttree Puedpong	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Flyweight
Kaew Pongprayoon	2012 London	Boxing	Light flyweight
Pimsiri Sirikaew	2012 London	Weightlifting	lightweight
Tawin Hanprab	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taekwondo	Flyweight
Pimsiri Sirikaew	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Weightlifting	lightweight

Bronze medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline	annotation
Phayao Phoontharat	1976 Montreal	Boxing	Flyweight	first medal win
Phajol Moolsan	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Light welterweight
Arkhom Chenglai	1992 Barcelona	Boxing	Welterweight
Vichai Rachanon	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Bantamweight
Pornchai Thongburan	2000 Sydney	Boxing	medium weight
Khassaraporn Suta	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	lightweight
Suriya Prasathinphimai	2004 Athens	Boxing	medium weight
Yeowapa Boorapolchai	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Flyweight
Aree Wiratthaworn	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Flyweight
Wandee Kameaim	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	lightweight
Pensiri Laosirikul	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Heavyweight
Wandee Kameaim	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Lightweight freestyle
Chanatip Sonkham	2012 London	Taekwondo	Flyweight
Siripuch Gulnoi	2012 London	Weightlifting	lightweight
Panipak Wongpattanakit	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taekwondo	Flyweight
Sinphet Kruaithong	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Weightlifting	Bantamweight

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
Weightlifting	5	2	7th	14th
Boxing	4th	4th	6th	14th
Taekwondo	0	2	3	5
total	9	8th	16	33

Web links

• Thailand in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Thailand on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• OCT website (thai)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IOC announcement of January 12, 2017 (Eng.)
2. ↑ IOC announcement of July 22, 2016 (Eng.)
3. ↑ IOC announcement of August 31, 2016 (Eng.)
4. ^ IOC announcement of July 13, 2016 (Eng.)
5. ↑ FAZ of November 11, 2014
6. ↑ FAZ from June 19, 2015

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