Panipak Wongpattanakit
Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit (Template:Lang-th; RTGS: Phaniphak Wongphatthanakit; born 8 August 1997) is a Thai taekwondo athlete.[3] She is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49kg.[4]
Career
Panipak became a world champion at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, claiming a gold medal in the 46 kg event which was her first world title. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class during her first Olympic appearance for Thailand.[5] She nearly quit taekwondo out of frustration after the Olympics and took a brief break from the sport for about two months.[6]
She claimed a bronze medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed her first Asian Games gold medal during the 2018 Asian Games in women's 49kg event. She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event during the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.[6] She was awarded the Female Athlete of the Year by the World Taekwondo during the 2019 World Taekwondo Gala Awards.[7][8]
She also represented Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics and claimed a gold medal in the women's 49kg event.[9][10][11] This win also became the first Olympic gold medal win for Thailand in taekwondo. Panipak was also awarded Thailand's first and only gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12][13]
Royal decorations
- 2020 – Companion (Third Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn[14]
- 2017 – Companion (Fourth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn[15]
- 2014 – Companion (Fifth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn[16]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Athletes Profile asiangames2018.id". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ^ "ครอบครัวจัดเต็ม เปิดจอยักษ์ ลุ้นเหรียญเทควันโดโอลิมปิก". pptv (in Thai). 2016-08-18. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Taekwondo WONGPATTANAKIT Panipak - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "Thai stars kick off quest for Games glory". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Taekwondo at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games: Women's Flyweight | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2018-01-04. Archived from the original on 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ a b Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "History beckons for favourite taekwondo exponent Panipak". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Jang and Wongpattanakit named athletes of the year at World Taekwondo awards". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Jang and Wongpattanakit crowned athletes of the year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019". en.mastkd.com. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "A Korean coach with a Thai heart". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Taekwondo – Women -49kg Schedule". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Draw sheet" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Panipak Wongpattanakit wins Thailand's first Olympic Taekwondo gold". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Panipak wins Thailand's first gold at Tokyo Games". ESPN.com. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์ ประจำปี ๒๕๖๓ (หน้า ๖๔)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์ ประจำปี ๒๕๖๐ (หน้า ๔๔)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์ ประจำปี ๒๕๕๗ (หน้า ๒๖)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-19.
External links
- Panipak Wongpattanakit at TaekwondoData.com
- Panipak Wongpattanakit at Olympics.com
- Panipak Wongpattanakit at Olympedia
- 1997 births
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