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Nickname | Baitoey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 September 2003 21) Nakhon Pathom, Thailand | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Choi Young-seok | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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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