Pichai Sayotha ( th, พิชัย สายโยธา; ; born December 24, 1979) is a Thai amateur boxer best known for winning a silver medal in the lightweight category at the 2003 World Championships.

Career

Sayotha made his national debut in 2002. In 2003 he had his biggest success at the World Championships in his home country only losing to Mario Kindelán. In

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he did not compete because he lost in the qualify of the national team representative to the senior boxer Somluck Kamsing in the lightweight category at The Mall Bangkhae. He did not participate in 2005 and reached the quarterfinal in 2007 where he lost to Russian favorite Aleksei Tishchenko but qualified for Beijing (2008). In 2005 he also competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup in

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, with one loss and one win in the preliminary round. In 2008 he beat Tishchenko at the Kings Cup. At the

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he lost his only bout 4:10 to South Korean

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. After defeat, he retired.

References

World 2003
Living people 1979 births Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Pichai Sayotha Pichai Sayotha ( th, พิชัย สายโยธา; ; born December 24, 1979) is a Thai amateur boxer best known for winning a silver medal in the lightweight category at the 2003 World Championships. Career Sayotha made his national d ...

Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games

AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Southeast Asian Games medalists in boxing

Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games

Lightweight boxers

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