Thailand and Olympic Games
Thailand and Olympic Games
A powerhouse in games in the South East Asia, Thailand showed up at the Summer Olympic Games in 1952 and has partaken in the Olympics from that point on spare it for joining the US-led blacklist of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics.
The country's first Olympic decoration champ was Pooyao Poontrat who added a bronze in the men's lightweight class in boxing at the 1976 Montreal Games.
Another fighter Somluck Kamsing turned into the main ever Thai competitor to win a gold decoration in the Olympics by fixing the men's featherweight division in the 1996 Atlanta Games.
The 2004 Athens Olympic Games is maybe to be the most extraordinary and best Olympiad for Thailand as it won eight decorations including three gold. The country officially made its quality felt at the Olympics in a few game teaches, for example, boxing, weightlifting and even taekwondo.
Udomporn Polsak, turned into the primary ever Thai female Olympic gold medalist by grabbing the gold award in the ladies' 53-kg class in weightlifting become a moment legend on her country. Her adventures was promptly followed up by PavinaThongsuk who additionally snatched a gold award in weightlifting demonstrating that Thai competitors are genuine contenders at the Olympiad.
Thailand is additionally a seven-time by and large champ of the South East Asian Games and a rising power in the Asian Games.