Manus Boonjumnong
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Thailand |
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| Men's Boxing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | Athens 2004 | Light Welterweight | |
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | Bangkok 2003 | Light Welterweight | |
| Asian Games | |||
| Gold | Doha 2006 | Light Welterweight | |
Manus Boonjumnong (born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the brother of Non Boonjumnong.
[edit] Amateur Career
At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home country Bangkok, the light-footed counterpuncher won the bronze medal losing to Russian Alexander Maletin.
2004 at the Olympics in Athens he beat world champ Willy Blain and the Cuban Yudel Johnson Cedeno in the final and won gold.
[edit] Olympic Results
2004 Olympic Results
- Defeated Spyridon Ioannidis (Greece) 28-16
- Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines) 29-15
- Defeated Willy Blain (France) 20-8
- Defeated Ionut Gheorghe (Romania) 30-9
- Defeated Yudel Johnson Cedeno (Cuba) 17-11
After spending his his next two years largely with partying (according to Thai media) he made a successful comeback when he was crowned Asian champion in 2006. He narrowly defeated 2005 world champion Serik Sapiyev at the tournament but was knocked down. In Chicago at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he exited early against Japanese Masatsugu Kawachi.
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