Boonthung Srisung (Thai: บุญถึง ศรีสังข์; Thai nickname: Tay; born 30 May 1981 in Buriram Province, Thailand) is a Thai long-distance runner. Srisung graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Sukhothai, Thailand, and is currently coached by Nikorn Kansong. He qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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, and represented Thailand in the men's marathon. He finished in 133rd place with a time of 2:37.46. He was the flag bearer for Thailand during the closing ceremony. At the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

he won silver medals in both

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

and

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

Personal bests

Outdoor *1500m – 3:52.80 (Incheon 2005) *3000m – 8:17.89 (Bangkok 2007) *5000m – 14:10.56 (Izmir 2005) *10,000m – 29:29.59 (Manila 2005) *3000m Steeplechase - 9:24.25 (Chiang Rai 2018) *Half Marathon – 1:07:35 (Sydney 2006) *Marathon – 2:24:01 (Houston 2016) Indoor *3000m – 8:10.39 (Bangkok 2005)

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* * 1981 births Living people Boonthung Srisung Boonthung Srisung Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Boonthung Srisung SEA Games medalists in athletics Boonthung Srisung Boonthung Srisung Boonthung Srisung Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Boonthung Srisung Boonthung Srisung Boonthung Srisung {{Thailand-athletics-bio-stub