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Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur
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boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the
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Olympics.


Career

Somjit won the Asian Games 2002. In the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships final in his home country he beat Frenchman
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, who went on to win Olympic silver in 2004. At the Olympics 2004, Somjit had bad luck with the draw and was outpointed by Cuban eventual winner
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. At the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships he was surprised in his first match by Cuban southpaw
Andry Laffita Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the flyweight class. Caree ...
and lost 14:16. In 2005 he also competed for Thailand at the
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in
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, winning both his matches in the preliminary round. He won silver at the
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in the Flyweight (-51 kg) division when he was upset by
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boxer
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15-31. He had beaten the Filipino three times before. He beat
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to reach the finals in the
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where he lost against local southpaw Raushee Warren. He represented Thailand in the
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Olympics Flyweight category and said that it would be his last contest after which he would continue his boxing career as a national team coach. He won his first gold medal in the
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Olympics Flyweight category 51 kg defeating
Andry Laffita Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the flyweight class. Caree ...
of Cuba 8-2. In
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his name is Silachai Wor preecha ( th, ศิลาชัย ว.ปรีชา). Weerapon Jongjoho, the middleweight bronze medalist in
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, is his nephew.


Olympic games results

2004 (as a flyweight) *Defeated Kim Ki-Suk (South Korea) 22-12 *Lost to
Yuriorkis Gamboa Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 23 December 1981) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBA and IBF titles between 2009 and 2011, as well as the WBA interim championship in both th ...
(Cuba) 21-26 2008 (as a flyweight) *Defeated
Eddie Valenzuela Eddie Valenzuela Barillas (born 22 December 1982) is a Guatemalan amateur boxer who qualified to the 2008 Olympic Games at flyweight. Valenzuela, a native of Guatemala City, was the first Guatemalan boxer to reach the Olympics in 16 years. At ...
(Guatemala) 6-1 *Defeated
Samir Mammadov Samir Mammadov ( az, Samir Məmmədov; born May 15, 1988) is a Boxing, boxer from Azerbaijan, who won the silver medal in the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 2006 European Championships in Bulgaria and bronze at the 2007 Worl ...
(Azerbaijan) 10-2 *Defeated
Anvar Yunusov Anvar Yunusov (born February 1, 1987, Dushanbe) is a Tajikistani boxer who currently competes as a professional in the super featherweight division. As an amateur, he won bronze at the 2011 amateur world championships, gold at the 2011 Asian cham ...
(Tajikistan) 8-1 *Defeated
Vincenzo Picardi Vincenzo Picardi (born October 20, 1983 in Casoria) is an Italian professional boxer best known for winning a bronze medal in the flyweight division both at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago and at the 2008 Olympics. He fail ...
(Italy) 7-1 *Defeated
Andry Laffita Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the flyweight class. Caree ...
(Cuba) 8-2


World amateur championships results

2003 (as a flyweight) *Defeated Ramazan Ballioglu (Turkey) RSCO 3 *Defeated
Bato-Munko Vankeev Bato-Munko Demyanovich Vankeyev (russian: Бато-Мунко Демьянович Ванкеев; born 4 February 1977) is a boxer from Belarus. Vankeev qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA Europe ...
(Belarus) 10-5 *Defeated
Yuriorkis Gamboa Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 23 December 1981) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBA and IBF titles between 2009 and 2011, as well as the WBA interim championship in both th ...
(Cuba) 23-22 *Defeated Rustamhodza Rahimov (Germany) 12-5 *Defeated Jerome Thomas (boxer) (France) 24-17 2005 (as a flyweight) *Lost to
Andry Laffita Andry Laffita Fernández (born March 26, 1978) is a retired Cuban amateur boxer. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the flyweight class. Caree ...
(Cuba) 14-16 2007 (as a flyweight) *Defeated Ramadan Rezgallah (Egypt) 17-9 *Defeated
Mirat Sarsembayev Mirat Sarsembayev (born July 13, 1986) is a Kazakhs, Kazakh former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2010. As an amateur boxing, amateur, Sarsembayev won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships and represented Kaz ...
(Kazakhstan) 17-8 *Defeated
Rafał Kaczor Rafal Kaczor (born 6 August 1982) is a Polish amateur boxer who represented his country at flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108&nbs ...
(Poland) 15-3 *Defeated
Vincenzo Picardi Vincenzo Picardi (born October 20, 1983 in Casoria) is an Italian professional boxer best known for winning a bronze medal in the flyweight division both at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago and at the 2008 Olympics. He fail ...
(Italy) 13-2 *Lost to
Rau'shee Warren Rau'shee Warren (; born February 13, 1987) is an American professional boxer who held the WBA (Undisputed), and IBO bantamweight titles from 2016 to 2017. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, as well as bronze at t ...
(United States) 9-13 (final match)


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Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
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Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
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Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
Southeast Asian Games medalists in boxing
Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
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Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
Muay Thai promoters
Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
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