Somluck Kamsing

Somluck Kamsing

Somluck Kamsing in 2006
Personal information
Full name	สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์
Nationality	Thailand
Born	January 16, 1973 (1973-01-16) Mueang Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen
Weight	57 kilograms (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Featherweight
Club	Royal Thai Navy
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Featherweight Asian Games Gold 1994 Hiroshima Featherweight Gold 1998 Bangkok Featherweight SEA Games Gold 1995 Chiang Mai Featherweight

Somluck Kamsing (Thai: สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์ ; born January 16, 1973) is a Thai boxer. His name is sometimes spelled as Somrak Khamsing. During the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Kamsing lit the torch during the Games' opening ceremony. Kamsing was born in Khon Kaen. His older brother Somrot Kamsing also competed on the highest level as a boxing amateur.

Amateur Boxing Career

At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the men's Featherweight category beating Ramaz Paliani and Serafim Todorov among others, becoming the first Thai athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

He also competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics without winning any medals. Kamsing qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he lost to North Korea's Kim Song-Guk.

Olympic Results

1992 (competing as a featherweight)

• Defeated Michael Strange (Canada) 11-9
• Lost to Faustino Reyes (Spain) 15-24

1996 (competing as a featherweight)

• Defeated Luis Seda (Puerto Rico) 13-2
• Defeated Phillip Ndou (South Africa) 12-7
• Defeated Ramaz Paliani (Russia) 13-4
• Defeated Julio Pablo Chacón (Argentina) 20-8
• Defeated Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria) 8-5

2000 (competing as a featherweight)

• Defeated Andres Ledesma (Colombia) RSC 4
• Defeated Tulkunbay Turgunov (Uzbekistan) 7-2
• Lost to Rocky Juarez (United States) RSC 4

2004 (competing as a featherweight)

• Lost to Benoit Gaudet (Canada) 17-32

Asian Games Results

1998 (competing as featherweight) Defeated Jae-Hwan Lim (South Korea) Defeated Jamgan Narantsogt (Mongolia) 20-3 Defeated Noribisa Tomimoto (Japan) 16-2 Defeated Tulkunbav Turgunov (Uzbekistan) 8-3

Movie career

He has later played athletic roles in Thai movies, notably Kerd ma lui. He appeared in Fearless with Jet Li, although his scene was cut from the international release of the film. However, a special version was shown in cinemas in Thailand in March 2006, in which his scene was restored. He portrayed a boxer who challenges Jet Li's character.

Singing career

He also made his debut as a singer in 2006, performing at the Pattaya Music Festival and releasing an album and a music video (featuring fellow boxer Khaosai Galaxy as a shy man being approached by a young woman).

External links

• Somrak Khamsing at the Internet Movie Database
• Olympic profile