Kamolwan Chanyim

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Kamolwan Chanyim
Personal information
NicknameBambam
NationalityThai
Born (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28)
Chonburi, Thailand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2016)
Weight65 kg (143 lb) (2016)
Sport
CountryThailand
SportSailing
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Incheon Laser Radial
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Indonesia Laser Radial
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Myanmar Laser Radial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore Laser Radial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Philippines Laser Radial

Kamolwan Chanyim (born 3 January 1996) is a Thai competitive sailor. She was born in Chonburi province eastern of Thailand. She graduated with first-class honors in International Business Management from Burapha University. Her father is an influencer for sailing; she began sailing when she was 8. In the earlier she hated sailing but later when she did better she changed her mindset: " I started to think that anything is possible if you work hard at it." [1]

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's Laser Radial. [2] She is also the first Thai woman that qualified for the Olympics in sailboat. She finished rank 34 in Laser Radial competition for 2020 Summer Olympics, this is second appearance in Summer Olympics first was in Rio 2016 ranked 32.

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References

  1. Archived 2021-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Kamolwan Chanyim". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.