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Thailand At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Thailand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, United States. Thailand won its first ever gold medal during this Olympics, making it the second Southeast Asian country to win gold. Medalists Results by event Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay *Sayan Namwong, Worasit Vechaphut, Kongdech Natenee, and Ekkachai Janthana Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay *Sunisa Kawrungruang, Kwuanfah Inchareon, Savitree Srichure, and Supaporn Hubson Badminton Men Women Boxing Diving ;Men ;Women Sailing ;Men Shooting ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Table tennis Tennis Women Weightlifting ;Men ReferencesOfficial Olympic Reports [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Olympic Committee Of Thailand
The National Olympic Committee of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King ( th, คณะกรรมการโอลิมปิกแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์) is the national Olympic committee in Thailand for the Olympic Games movement, based in Ampawan House, Bangkok, Thailand. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams and raises funds to send Thailand competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Asian Games events organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Southeast Asian Games events organised by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF). History The forerunner of the NOCT was the "International Relations Committee for Sports" which was set up in 1946, originally a society for expatriates living in Thailand to participate in sports, and raise money through ticket sales for public sports participation and the Thai Red Cross Societ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supaporn Hubson
Supaporn Hubson (born 1 September 1975) is a Thai sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References 1975 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Supaporn Hubson Supaporn Hubson Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters {{Thailand-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somharuthai Jaroensiri
Somharuthai Jaroensiri ( th, สมหฤทัย เจริญศิริ; born 15 November 1971) is a Thai retired badminton player. She competed in women's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Career Jaroensiri competed in 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's singles, with her best achievement at the Olympics was reaching in the quarterfinals in 1992, losing to eventual gold medalist, Susi Susanti, of Indonesia, 11–6, 11–1. She won bronze medals at the 1992 Asian Championships and 1993 World Cup. She participated in six consecutive Southeast Asian Games from 1987 to 1997, and helped the team win the silver medals, other than that, she won three medals in the women's singles event, a silver in 1995, and two bronzes in 1991 and 1993. She also competed at the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hunt (badminton)
Christopher John Hunt (born 1 December 1968) is a retired badminton player from England. Who has won many commonwealth titles. Personal life Chris Hunt was born on 1 December 1968 in Bolton, England. He has one brother. In 2000 he met Liza Giambattista. In 2007 Hunt had a daughter called Gabriella Giambattista-Hunt. Then in 2018 Hunt and Giambattista got married after 18 years of being together. Career Hunt won the gold medal at the European Championships in the men's doubles with Simon Archer in 1994 and 1998. In 1996 they won the bronze medal. Hunt also won two commonwealth gold medals in the mixed team event and mixed doubles in Victoria 994Along with a silver medal in the men's doubles. He also participated at the 1992 Olympic Games in men's doubles, with Andy Goode, and they were defeated in the round of 16 by Lee Sang-bok and Shon Jin-hwan. At the 1996 Olympic Games, he competed in the men's doubles with Simon Archer, losing in quarterfinals, and in mixed dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Archer (badminton)
Simon David Archer MBE (born 27 June 1973) is an English former badminton player. Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph. Career Summer Olympics Archer competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in doubles, with Chris Hunt. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals. In 2000 he coupled with Nathan Robertson, but they too lost in the quarterfinals, this time to Tony Gunawan and Candra Wijaya of Indonesia. However, Archer also competed in mixed doubles with Joanne Goode and won a bronze medal. Commonwealth Games He represented England and won double silver in the mixed doubles and men's doubles event and was a member of the mixed team that won the gold medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Archer and Goode won gold medals twice at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 and 2002. Archer also won bronze medals in men's doubles in both these Games, together with Chris Hunt and James Anderson respectively. Retirement In A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakrapee Thongsari
Sakrapee Thongsari ( th, ศักดิ์ระพี ทองสาริ; born 23 June 1962) is a retired Thai badminton player. He competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta ... in the men's doubles event with Pramote Teerawiwatana. Together with Teerawiwatana, they reached a career high as World No. 2 in the men's doubles event. Thongsari had also been a Thai national team coach. Achievements World Cup ''Men's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Men's doubles'' Southeast Asian Games ''Men's doubles'' IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' IBF International ''Men's doubles'' References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pramote Teerawiwatana
Pramote Teerawiwatana ( th, ปราโมทย์ ธีระวิวัฒน์; 14 June 1967 – 4 October 2012) was a badminton player from Thailand. Career He played in six Southeast Asian Games, won the men's doubles gold in 1999 Brunei as his best results. Teerawiwatana was two times silver medalists at the Asian Games in 1998 Bangkok and 2002 Busan. He reached a career high as World No. 2 in the men's doubles event with two different partners. Teerawiwatana competed in four consecutives Olympic Games from 1992 to 2004 in the men's doubles event. At the 2000 Sydney, Teerawiwatana competed with Tesana Panvisvas and won the first round against Dutch pair Dennis Lens and Quinten van Dalm 15–11, 15–7. In the second round they lost to a Malaysian Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah in the rubber games 15–11, 15–17, 9–15. He again participated at the 2004 Athens with Panvisvas, where they defeated Ashley Brehaut and Travis Denney of Australia in the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Kyung-Jin
Kang Kyung-jin (Hangul: 강경진; Hanja: 姜京珍; born 24 March 1973) is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea. He was the men's doubles champion at the 1997 All England Open and 1998 Asian Championships. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Early life The left-handler Kang Kyung-jin, began to play badminton when he was in the third grade of Dongdaegu Elementary School, recognized by his teacher who is also a badminton coach in a club. In the beginning, he wants to be a baseball player, following his father who was also a baseball player. Career As a player, Kang was best known for winning the 1997 All England Open men's doubles title with Ha Tae-kwon. In the same year, Kang and Ha also won major titles at the Swedish Open and the Korea Open and the following year, they won the Badminton Asia Championships. In the 1994 Asian Games, he won two silver medals, in mixed doubles and in the men's team event. Coach Kang graduated from Inha University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha Tae-kwon
Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut in 1992, and won his first Grand Prix title at the 1995 Canada Open. Ha three times competed in Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, won a bronze medal in 2000 and a gold medal in 2004. Career Ha made his first appearance in Olympic Games in 1996 Atlanta, competed in the men's doubles event partnered with Kang Kyung-jin. He and Kang reached the quarterfinals after beat Siripong Siripul/ Khunakorn Sudhisodhi of Thailand and Jon Holst-Christensen/Thomas Lund of Denmark in the first and second round. In the quarterfinals they defeated by the Malaysian pair Yap Kim Hock/Cheah Soon Kit in straight games. In 2000 Sydney, Ha qualified to compete in two events. Teamed-up with Chung Jae-hee in the mixed doubles, they finished their campaign in the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Doubles
Men’s doubles badminton event at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 1 August 1996. The tournament was single-elimination A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc .... Matches consisted of three sets, with sets being to 15 for men's doubles. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium. Seeds # (gold medalists) # ''(silver medalists)'' # ''(second round)'' # ''(bronze medalists)'' Results Finals Top half Bottom half References SourcesBadminton at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Doubles* {{DEFAULTSORT:Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's doubles Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khunakorn Sudhisodhi
Khunakorn Sudhisodhi ( th, คุณากร สุทธิโสตถิ์; born on 29 March 1974) is the Thai badminton player. He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the men's doubles title at the National Championships in 1996, 1998 and 2000; and in the mixed doubles event he clinched six times National title consecutively from 1997-2002. Sudhisodhi was the silver medalists at the 2002 Asian Games and Asian Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Saralee Thungthongkam Captain Saralee Thungthongkam ( th, สราลีย์ ทุ่งทองคำ ผู้พัน หรือน.อ.ส้ม; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication .... Achievements Asian Games ''Mixed doubles'' Asian Championships ''Mixed doubles'' Southeast Asian Games ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siripong Siripul
Siripong Siripool (born 9 September 1965) is a Thai badminton coach and former player. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1965 births Living people Thai male badminton players, Siripong Siripool Olympic badminton players for Thailand, Siripong Siripool Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Surin province, Siripong Siripool Asian Games silver medalists for Thailand, Siripong Siripool Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1990 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Thai people, Siripong Siripool SEA Games bronze medalists for Thailand, Siripong Siripool SEA Games medalists in badminton {{Thailand-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
