Jump to content

Pichai Sayotha

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Zyxw (talk | contribs) at 13:45, 28 March 2016 (Cat-a-lot: Adding Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Pichai Sayotha
Personal information
Full nameพิชัย สายโยธา
Nationality Thailand
Born (1979-12-24) December 24, 1979 (age 44)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLightweight
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Bangkok Lightweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Puerto Princesa Lightweight

Pichai Sayotha (Thai: พิชัย สายโยธา; born December 24, 1979) is a Thai amateur boxer best known to win a lightweight silver medal at the 2003 World Championships.

Career

In 2003 he had his biggest success at the World Championships in his home country only losing to Mario Kindelán. He did not participate in 2005 and reached the quarterfinal in 2007 where he lost to Russian favorite Aleksei Tishchenko but qualified for Beijing (2008).

In 2005 he also competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia, with one loss and one win in the preliminary round. In 2008 he beat Tishchenko at the Kings Cup. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he lost his only bout 4:10 to South Korean Baik Jong-Sub.

References