Komet Sukprasert

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Komet Sukprasert
Personal information
Born (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24) [1]
Team information
Discipline BMX racing
Medal record
Representing Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Men's BMX racing
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou BMX racing

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

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]

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References

  1. "Komet Sukprasert". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. "Teenage Komet's second title takes cycling haul to six golds". Bangkok Post. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. "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.
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