Thailand at the Olympics

Thailand at the Olympic Games
Flag of Thailand IOC code  THA NOC Olympic Committee of Thailand Website www.olympicthai.or.th (Thai) (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
2002 2006 2010 2014

Thailand first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Thailand has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002. To date, only one person, Prawat Nagvajara, has represented Thailand at the Winter Olympics.

Thai athletes have won a total of twenty-one medals, mostly in boxing. Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won eight medals.

The National Olympic Committee for Thailand was created in 1948 and recognized in 1950.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 ! Bronze	Poontarat, PayaoPayao Poontarat	1976 Montreal	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
2 ! Silver	Umponmaha, DhaweeDhawee Umponmaha	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
3 ! Bronze	Moolsan, PhajolPhajol Moolsan	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
3 ! Bronze	Chenglai, ArkhomArkhom Chenglai	1992 Barcelona	Boxing	Men's welterweight
1 ! Gold	Kamsing, SomluckSomluck Kamsing	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's featherweight
3 ! Bronze	Khadpo, VichairachanonVichairachanon Khadpo	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
1 ! Gold	Ponlid, WijanWijan Ponlid	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's flyweight
3 ! Bronze	Thongburan, PornchaiPornchai Thongburan	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
3 ! Bronze	Suta, KhassarapornKhassaraporn Suta	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
1 ! Gold	Boonjumnong, ManusManus Boonjumnong	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
1 ! Gold	Polsak, UdompornUdomporn Polsak	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
1 ! Gold	Thongsuk, PawinaPawina Thongsuk	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg
2 ! Silver	Petchkoom, WorapojWorapoj Petchkoom	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
3 ! Bronze	Prasathinphimai, SuriyaSuriya Prasathinphimai	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 ! Bronze	Boorapolchai, YaowapaYaowapa Boorapolchai	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg
3 ! Bronze	Wiratthaworn, AreeAree Wiratthaworn	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg
3 ! Bronze	Kameaim, WandeeWandee Kameaim	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
1 ! Gold	Jaroenrattanatarakoon, PrapawadeePrapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
1 ! Gold	Jongjohor, SomjitSomjit Jongjohor	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Flyweight
2 ! Silver	Puedpong, ButtreeButtree Puedpong	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg
2 ! Silver	Boonjumnong, ManusManus Boonjumnong	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Light welterweight
2 ! Silver	Sirikaew, PimsiriPimsiri Sirikaew	2012 London	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
2 ! Silver	Pongprayoon, KaeoKaeo Pongprayoon	2012 London	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
3 ! Bronze	Sonkham, ChanatipChanatip Sonkham	2012 London	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by summer sport

Boxing	4	4	6	14
Weightlifting	3	1	3	7
Taekwondo	0	1	2	3
Total	7	6	11	24

Milestones

• In 2002 and 2006, Thailand qualified its first ever Winter Olympian cross country skier, and first Winter Olympian, Prawat Nagvajara.^[1]
• In 2014, Thailand qualified its first ever Winter Olympian alpine skier, and first ever female Winter Olympian, the slalomnist Vanessa Vanakorn (Vanessa-Mae).^[2] It then added an additional skiier, Kanes Sucharitakul, doubling the size of the previous largest delegation to a Winter Games.^[3]

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Thailand
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
• Thailand at the Paralympics

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
• "National Olympic Committee of Thailand". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-12-04.