Sinphet Kruaithong
Sinphet Kruaithong 
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| Date of birth: | August 22, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Chumphon Buri , Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.59 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sinphet Kruaithong ( Thai สิน ธุ์ เพชร กรวย ทอง ; born August 22, 1995 in Chumphon Buri ) is a former Thai weightlifter .
biography
Sinphet Kruaithong could n't get a medal when he participated in the 2014 and 2015 World Championships .
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , he competed in bantamweight and won the bronze medal. This made him the first male Thai weightlifter to win an Olympic medal. However, his victory was overshadowed by the death of his grandmother, who died in Thailand while watching the competition and celebrating her grandson's medal win.
Web links
- Sinphet Kruaithong in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sinphet wins bronze medal but loses grandmother. August 8, 2016, accessed June 9, 2020 .
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| SURNAME | Kruaithong, Sinphet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | thai weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chumphon Buri , Thailand |