Somjit Jongjohor
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| Medal record | |||
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 Somjit Jongjohor |
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| Men's Boxing | |||
Competitor for  Thailand |
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| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Bangkok | Flyweight | |
| Silver | 2007 Chicago | Flyweight | |
| Asian Games | |||
| Gold | 2002 Busan | Flyweight | |
| Silver | 2006 Doha | Flyweight | |
Somjit Jongjohor (born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known to win flyweight Gold at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships
[edit] Career
Jongjohor won the Asian Games 2002 as a teenager.
In the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships final he beat Frenchman Jérôme Thomas, who went on to win Olympic silver in 2004.
At the Olympics 2004 Jongjohor had bad luck with the draw and was outpointed by Cuban eventual winner Yuriorkis Gamboa.
He won silver at the 2006 Asian Games in the Flyweight (-51 kg) division when he was upset by Filipino boxer Violito Payla 15-31. He had beaten the Filipino three times before. [1]
He beat Vincenzo Picardi to reach the finals in the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he lost against Raushee Warren.
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