Komet Sukprasert
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| Born | 12 June 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | BMX racing | ||||||||||||||
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Komet Sukprasert (born 12 June 2000) is a Thai BMX racer. A multiple-time Asian champion and medalist at the 2022 Asian Games, he was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]He won gold at the 2019 SEA Games in Tagaytay, Philippines, in both the BMX race and BMX time trial.[2]
He won the ACC BMX champion for the first time in August 2022 in Nilai, Malaysia, to also become his country's first Asian Champion in the discipline.[3][4] He won a silver medal at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in 2023.[5]
He won his third consecutive Asian title winning the men's elite event of the Asian BMX Continental Championships in 2024.[6] He qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.[7] He was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Komet Sukprasert". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Teenage Komet's second title takes cycling haul to six golds". Bangkok Post. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "2022 for the UCI World Cycling Centre's BMX Racing group: a UCI World Champion and more". uci.org. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Thai ace breaks Japan dominance in ACC BMX 2022". Bernama. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Japanese Asuma Nakai wins BMX cycling gold at Hangzhou Asiad". news.cn. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Komet secures his third straight Asian BMX title". Bangkok Post. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Komet targets triple crown at Asian meet". Bangkok Post. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Direction Paris 2024 for UCI World Cycling Centre athletes". uci.org. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.