Manus Boonjumnong ( th, มนัส บุญจำนงค์; , born June 23, 1980) is a Thai

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who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the

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. He is the older brother of

Non Boonjumnong Non Boonjumnong ( th, นน บุญจำนงค์; , born June 12, 1982 as Manon Boonjumnong) is a Thai amateur boxer who won silver at welterweight at the World Championships 2007. In the older tournaments he is listed as "Manon". Career ...

Amateur career

At the

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in his home town

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, the light-footed counterpuncher won the bronze medal losing to Russian

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. In 2006, he made a successful comeback when he was crowned Asian champion. He narrowly defeated reigning 2005 world champion

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at the tournament although he was knocked down. In Chicago at the

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, he was upset early against Japanese

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Olympics 2004

Boonjumnong qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. In the final he defeated Kazakhstan's

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. In Athens he beat reigning world champion

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and the Cuban

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in the final and won gold.
2004 Olympic Results *Defeated Spyridon Ioannidis (Greece) 28:16 *Defeated

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(Philippines) 29:15 *Defeated

(France) 20:8 *Defeated Ionut Gheorghe (Romania) 30:9 *Defeated

(Cuba) 17:11

Olympics 2008

*Defeated

(Japan) 8:1 *Defeated

(Kazakhstan) 7:5 *Defeated Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (Cuba) 10:5 *Lost to

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Professional boxing record

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References

1980 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Manus Boonjumnong Manus Boonjumnong Manus Boonjumnong Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in boxing Asian Games medalists in boxing Manus Boonjumnong Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Manus Boonjumnong AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Manus Boonjumnong Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in boxing Manus Boonjumnong Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games {{Thailand-Olympic-medalist-stub