Sitthisak Suphalak ( th, สิทธิศักดิ์ ศุภลักษณ์; born April 23, 1984) is a Thai
weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...
. He won the silver medal for the 69 kg class at the
2007 Southeast Asian Games
The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a South ...
in
Bangkok, Thailand
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, with a total of 299 kilograms.
Suphalak represented
Thailand
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's lightweight category (69 kg). Suphalak placed eighth in this event, as he successfully lifted 147 kg in the single-motion
snatch, and hoisted 171 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
, for a total of 318 kg.
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Sitthisak Suphalak
Sitthisak Suphalak ( th, สิทธิศักดิ์ ศุภลักษณ์; born April 23, 1984) is a Thai weightlifter. He won the silver medal for the 69 kg class at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, with a t ...
1984 births
Living people
Sitthisak Suphalak
Sitthisak Suphalak ( th, สิทธิศักดิ์ ศุภลักษณ์; born April 23, 1984) is a Thai weightlifter. He won the silver medal for the 69 kg class at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, with a t ...
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games
Sitthisak Suphalak
Sitthisak Suphalak ( th, สิทธิศักดิ์ ศุภลักษณ์; born April 23, 1984) is a Thai weightlifter. He won the silver medal for the 69 kg class at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, with a t ...
SEA Games medalists in weightlifting
Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
Sitthisak Suphalak
Sitthisak Suphalak ( th, สิทธิศักดิ์ ศุภลักษณ์; born April 23, 1984) is a Thai weightlifter. He won the silver medal for the 69 kg class at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, with a t ...
Sitthisak Suphalak
Sitthisak Suphalak ( th, สิทธิศักดิ์ ศุภลักษณ์; born April 23, 1984) is a Thai weightlifter. He won the silver medal for the 69 kg class at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, with a t ...
Place of birth missing (living people)
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