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Thailand at the
Olympics
IOC codeTHA
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Thailand
Websitewww.olympicthai.org (in Thai and English)
Medals
Ranked 57th
Gold
10
Silver
8
Bronze
17
Total
35
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

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 US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Thailand has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002.

Thailand won its first medal at the 1976 Games in Montreal, when boxer Payao Poontarat took home a bronze in the Men's Light Flyweight category. Thailand's first gold medal would also come in boxing at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when Somluck Kamsing won the Men's Featherweight category. Since then, Thai athletes have won gold medals at every subsequent Summer Olympics with the exception of the 2012 Games in London, with all its gold medals to date having come in men's boxing, women's weightlifting and women’s taekwondo.

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

As of 2021, Thai athletes have won a total of 35 medals, fourteen in weightlifting, 15 in boxing and 6 in taekwondo. Among countries in Southeast Asia, Thailand ranks first in terms of the number of gold medals (10), and second in the number of overall medals (35), only behind Indonesia which has 37 medals. Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won eight medals, of which three of them were gold.

The country's most recent gold medalist is Panipak Wongpattanakit, who earned her medal in the women's 49kg event in taekwondo.

Medals

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Payao Poontarat 1976 Montreal Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Silver Dhawee Umponmaha 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Bronze Phajol Moolsan 1988 Seoul Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Bronze Arkhom Chenglai 1992 Barcelona Boxing Men's welterweight
 Gold Somluck Kamsing 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's featherweight
 Bronze Vichairachanon Khadpo 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Gold Wijan Ponlid 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's flyweight
 Bronze Pornchai Thongburan 2000 Sydney Boxing Men's light middleweight
 Bronze Khassaraporn Suta 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Gold Manus Boonjumnong 2004 Athens Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Gold Udomporn Polsak 2004 Athens Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
 Gold Pawina Thongsuk 2004 Athens Weightlifting Women's 75 kg
 Silver Worapoj Petchkoom 2004 Athens Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Bronze Suriya Prasathinphimai 2004 Athens Boxing Men's middleweight
 Bronze Yaowapa Boorapolchai 2004 Athens Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
 Bronze Aree Wiratthaworn 2004 Athens Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
 Bronze Wandee Kameaim 2004 Athens Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Gold Somjit Jongjohor 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's flyweight
 Gold Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon 2008 Beijing Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
 Silver Manus Boonjumnong 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Silver Buttree Puedpong 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
 Bronze Pensiri Laosirikul 2008 Beijing Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
 Bronze Wandee Kameaim 2008 Beijing Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Silver Kaeo Pongprayoon 2012 London Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Silver Pimsiri Sirikaew 2012 London Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Bronze Chanatip Sonkham 2012 London Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
 Bronze Rattikan Gulnoi 2012 London Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Gold Sopita Tanasan 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
 Gold Sukanya Srisurat 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Silver Tawin Hanprab 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
 Silver Pimsiri Sirikaew 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Bronze Panipak Wongpattanakit 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
 Bronze Sinphet Kruaithong 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Gold Panipak Wongpattanakit 2020 Tokyo Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
 Bronze Sudaporn Seesondee 2020 Tokyo Boxing Women's lightweight

Medals by individual

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals for Thailand.

Athlete Sport Years Games Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Manus Boonjumnong  Boxing 2004–2008 Summer Men 1 1 0 2
Panipak Wongpattanakit  Taekwondo 2016–2020 Summer Women 1 0 1 2
Pimsiri Sirikaew  Weightlifting 2012–2016 Summer Women 0 2 0 2
Wandee Kameaim  Weightlifting 2004–2008 Summer Women 0 0 2 2
  • People in bold are still active competitors

Flag bearers

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Sport Finland
1952 		Australia
1956 		Italy
1960 		Japan
1964 		Mexico
1968 		Germany
1972 		Canada
1976 		United States
1984 		South Korea
1988 		Spain
1992 		United States
1996 		Australia
2000 		Greece
2004 		China
2008 		United Kingdom
2012 		Brazil
2016 		Japan
2020
 Archery 3 2 1 1
 Athletics 8 8 8 18 4 4 10 4 18 8 12 3 11 2 4 2
 Badminton 8 7 6 8 4 6 7 7
 Basketball 9
 Boxing 5 4 5 3 7 5 5 6 6 6 9 6 8 3 5 4
 Canoeing 1 1
 Cycling 8 7 7 6 1 1 2 2
 Diving 1 2 2
 Equestrian 1 1 3
 Fencing 5 2 2
 Football 11 17
 Golf 4 4
 Judo 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
 Rowing 1 1 1 2 2
 Sailing 2 2 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 4 3
 Shooting 6 10 11 10 12 17 3 2 3 2 2 5 4 5 6
 Swimming 2 2 5 6 8 6 2 2 2 2
 Table tennis 1 1 1 1 3 2
 Taekwondo 4 3 3 3 2
 Tennis 2 2 3 2 1 2
 Weightlifting 4 2 1 1 1 1 5 5 7 7 9
Total 8 35 20 54 41 33 42 35 14 46 37 52 42 47 37 54 41

Winter Olympics

Sport United States
2002 		Italy
2006 		Russia
2014 		South Korea
2018
 Alpine skiing 2 2
 Cross-country skiing 1 1 2
Total 1 1 2 4

Milestones

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Thai Skier Vanessa Vanakorn Qualifies for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics". Chiangrai Times. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Sending Kanes to the Winter Olympics in Russia". Siamsport. 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ Sarah Knapton (20 January 2014). "Winter Olympics 2014: violinist Vanessa-Mae to ski for Thailand at the Sochi Games". The Telegraph (London). Retrieved 7 February 2014.
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