Sasikarn Tongchan

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Sasikarn Tongchan
Personal information
NicknameBaitoey
Born19 September 2003 (2003-09-19) (age 21)
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Coached byChoi Young-seok
Medal record
Representing Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Da Nang 62 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Chuncheon 62 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Cambodia -62 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Vietnam -62kg
Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Chengdu -62 kg

Sasikarn Tongchan (born 19 September 2003) is a Thai taekwondo practitioner. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in the -62kg category. [1]

Career

She won a silver medal at the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in a May 2022. [2] [3] In June 2022, she won a bronze medal in the 62kg category at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea. [4] [5]

She won gold in Cambodia at the Taekwondo at the 2023 SEA Games in the 62kg division in May 2023. [6] In August 2023, she won gold in the 62kg at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu. [7]

In February 2024, she won the Turkish Open in Antalya. [8] She won a gold medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam, in the -62kg category. [9] She entered the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament and earned a place at the upcoming Olympics. [10] She was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [11]

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