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Template:Infobox Olympics Thailand 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.

Thai athletes have won a total of 31 medals, mostly in boxing. Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2004 Games in Athens, where they won eight medals, three of them were gold.

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

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

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
 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

Flag bearers

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. 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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