Udomporn Polsak
Medal record | ||
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Women's Weightlifting | ||
Representing Thailand | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | – 53 kg | |
World Championships | ||
2003 Vancouver | – 53 kg | |
2002 Warsaw | – 53 kg | |
Asian Games | ||
2002 Busan | – 53 kg |
Udomporn Polsak | |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Thailand |
Branch/service | Royal Thai Army |
Rank | Major[1][2] |
Major Udomporn Polsak (Thai: อุดมพร พลศักดิ์ RTGS: Udomphon Phonsak; born October 6, 1981) is a Thai weightlifter.
Udomporn Polsak was born in Nakhon Ratchasima. She graduated from the Bangkok College of Physical Education. She won a silver medal in combined lifts at the 2002 Asian Games, bronze at the 2002 World Championships, and gold at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games.[3][4]
At the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, she won a gold medal, with 100 kg in the snatch and a 222.5 kg total.[5]
She was named 2003 Thai Athlete of the Year by the Sports Authority of Thailand.[6]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she became the first Thai woman to win an Olympic gold medal, with 97.5 kg snatching and 222.5 kg total.[7]
She was given the honor to be the torch lighter at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, held in her country.[8]
Notes and references[]
- ^ "ทบ.พิจารณาบรรจุนักยกน้ำหนักหญิงเข้าเป็นทหาร".
- ^ "ฮีโร่เหล่านี้อยู่ที่ไหน ? ตามหา 12 จอมพลัง ผู้พิชิตเหรียญอลป". November 2017.
- ^ "Golden future for Nong Orn". Bangkok Post. Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. August 17, 2004. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
- ^ "Polsak Udomporn (THA)". IAT Weightlifting Database.
- ^ Polsak, Udomporn. IWF. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ^ "Tavarit, Udomporn voted best athletes of the year". Bangkok Post. Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. December 17, 2003. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
- ^ "Udomporn makes Thai history". BBC Sport. August 15, 2004. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
- ^ "Thailand adds more gold as SEA Games officially open". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. January 6, 2007. Archived from the original on February 17, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
- 1981 births
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- Olympic weightlifters of Thailand
- Olympic gold medalists for Thailand
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- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
- Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games
- Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- People from Nakhon Ratchasima Province
- Asian Games silver medalists for Thailand
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Thailand
- Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Thailand
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
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