Kaeo Pongprayoon ( th, แก้ว พงษ์ประยูร, , ; born 28 March 1980 in

Kamphaeng Phet Kamphaeng Phet is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, former capital of the Kamphaeng Phet Province. It covers the complete ''tambon'' Nai Mueang of the Mueang Kamphaeng Phet district. As of 2020, it has a population of 28,817. Hi ...

) is a Thai amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Pongprayoon won the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and the

2009 Southeast Asian Games ) , Nations participating = 11 , Athletes participating = 3100 , Events = 372 in 25 sports , Opening ceremony = 9 December 2009 , Closing ceremony = 18 December 2009 , Officially opened by = Choummaly Sayason ...

and 2011 2011
/ref> at light flyweight. At the

2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy, from September 1, 2009 to September 12, 2009, in the Mediolanum Forum. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition was under the supervision of the ...

he lost his third fight to

José Kelvin de la Nieve José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares (born August 28, 1986, in Los Alcarrizos, Dominican Republic) is a boxer who competed in the light flyweight weight class at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics for Spain. He became a Spanish citizen in 2000 a ...

. At the

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 10, 2011. The competition ran under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur ...

he beat two opponents, then lost 8:14 to

Zou Shiming Zou Shiming (; born 18 May 1981) is a Chinese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2017 and held the WBO flyweight title from 2016 to 2017. As an amateur, Zou is China's most successful boxer of all time. In the light-flyweight di ...

. At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he won his first fight against Algerian

Mohamed Flissi Mohamed Flissi (born 13 February 1990, in Boumerdès) is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He qualified to represent Algeria a ...

19:11, then defeated Ecuador's

Carlos Quipo Carlos Quipo Pilataxi (born May 17, 1990, Quijos) is an Ecuador amateur boxer who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics in the men's light flyweight event. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR) but l ...

and Bulgarian Aleksandar Aleksandrov. He reached the final by edging out Russian

David Ayrapetyan David Valeryevich Ayrapetyan (russian: Давид Валерьевич Айрапетян, born 26 September 1983) is an Armenian-Russian amateur boxer. He is a six-time Champion of Russia, European Champion, World and Olympic medalist. Ayrapet ...

13:12. He controversially lost the final to

10:13.

External links

AIBA Bio

References

1980 births Living people Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Kaeo Pongprayoon Kaeo Pongprayoon Olympic medalists in boxing Kaeo Pongprayoon Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxing trainers Kaeo Pongprayoon Kaeo Pongprayoon SEA Games medalists in boxing Kaeo Pongprayoon Kaeo Pongprayoon Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Light-flyweight boxers Kaeo Pongprayoon {{Thailand-boxing-bio-stub