Sukanya Srisurat

Sukanya Srisurat ( Thai สุ กัญญา ศรี สุ ราช , nickname Fai ( ฝ้าย ); born May 3, 1995 in Chon Buri Province ) is a Thai weightlifter . In 2016 she became Olympic champion in the weight class up to 58 kg in Rio de Janeiro .

Career

Sukanya Srisurat started her career in 2011 at the Youth World Cup in Lima. In the weight class up to 58 kg body weight, she achieved 186 kg (75–111) in a duel. With this performance she was second behind the Chinese Meng Shanshan. During the doping control , however, she tested positive for metandienone and banned for two years. She had to return the medal.

After her suspension, she reached sixth place in the class up to 58 kg at the 2013 Asian Championships . In 2014 she won at the World Championships with 231 kg silver in a duel behind the Chinese Deng Mengrong, who came to 235 kg (105-130). With 106 kg Sukanya Srisurat won gold in the snatch.

At the Asian Championships in 2015 , she won the gold medal with 225 kg (104-121). At the World Championships in the same year she finished in a duel with 227 kg (106-121) only 4th place, but won bronze in the tear.

Sukanya Srisurat achieved the greatest success of her career at the 2016 Olympic Games . She increased her duel best in Rio de Janeiro to 240 kg (110-130) and won the gold medal in front of her compatriot Pimsiri Sirikaew and Kuo Hsing-chun.

At the 2017 World Championships in Anaheim, she only weighed 225 kg (105-120). With this performance she nevertheless reached 2nd place behind Kuo Hsing-chun. In the tear she even became world champion.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2011	disq.	Youth World Cup in Lima	up to 58 kg	with 186 kg (75-11) originally 2nd place behind Meng Shanshan, China, 213 kg (95-118); subsequently disqualified for doping
2013	6th	Asian Championship in Astana	up to 58 kg	205 kg (94-111); Winner: Kuo Hsing-chun , Taiwan, 236 kg (102-134) ahead of Ri Jong-hwa, North Korea, 235 kg (105-130)
2013	2.	Asian Interclub Championship in Pyöngyang	up to 58 kg	with 205 kg (90–115), behind Chae Myong-mi, North Korea, 214 kg
2013	1.	Sea Games in Naypytaw (Myanmar)	up to 58 kg	with 225 kg (102–123), before Francisca Diaz Hidilyn, Philippines, 224 kg (102–122) and Lam Thi Bich, Vietnam, 201 kg (89–112)
2014	1.	Junior World Championships in Almaty	up to 58 kg	weighing 218 kg (99–119), ahead of Fernanda Alvarez Yenny, Colombia, 213 kg (94–119) and Rim Un-sim, North Korea, 212 kg (97–115)
2014	2.	World Cup in Almaty	up to 58 kg	with 231 kg (106–125), behind Deng Mengrong , China, 235 kg (105–130), in front of Siripuch Gulnoi Rattikan, Thailand, 231 kg (100–131)
2015	1.	Junior World Championships in Wrocław	up to 58 kg	with 230 kg (105–125), before Zhou Jun, China, 224 kg (96–128) and Rim Un-sim, 210 kg (95–115)
2015	1.	Asian Championship in Phuket	up to 58 kg	with 225 kg (104–121), before Li Ping China, 222 kg (96–126) and Asema Sadykowa, Kazakhstan, 217 kg (95–122)
2015	4th	World Cup in Houston	up to 58 kg	with 227 kg (106–121), behind Boyanka Kostowa , Azerbaijan, 252 kg (112–140), Deng Mengrong, 245 kg (108–137) and Kuo Hsing-chun, 237 kg (104–133)
2016	gold	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 58 kg	with 240 kg (110–130), before Pimsiri Sirikaew , Thailand, 232 kg (102–130) and Kuo Hsing-chun, 231 kg (102–129)
2017	2.	Summer Universiade in Taipei	up to 58 kg	with 221 kg (100–121), behind Kuo Hsing-chun, 249 kg (107–142)
2017	2.	World Cup in Anaheim	up to 58 kg	with 225 kg (105–120), behind Kuo Hsing-chun, 240 kg (105–135), in front of Rebeka Koha, Latvia, 222 kg (101–121)

Explanations

• all competitions in the Olympic duel, consisting of two-armed tearing and pushing
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

Athletics magazine

Web links

• Sukanya Srisurat at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Profile on iwf.net
• Profile on iwrp.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011. In: Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel. International Weightlifting Federation. From IWF.net, accessed September 29, 2019.

Note on Thai names : This article addresses people by their first name.