Worapoj Petchkoom ( th, วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม; ; born May 18, 1981) is a Thai

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who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the

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and won the silver medal losing to Cuban superstar

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. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. In the final he defeated India's

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Amateur career

In 2005 he competed for Thailand at the

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, losing both his matches in the preliminary round. At the Asian Games 2006 he lost to eventual winner

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13:13 (countback). At the world 2007 he was upset by Hungarian David Oltvanyi 9:10 in an early round.

Olympic results

2004 (as a bantamweight) *Defeated Kim Won-Il (South Korea) RSC 3 (1:47) *Defeated

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(Belarus) 33-18 *Defeated

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(Nigeria) 29-14 *Defeated Aghasi Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 27-19 *Lost to

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(Cuba) 13-22 2008 (as a bantamweight) *1st round bye *Defeated

Vittorio Parrinello Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello (born 8 August 1983) is an Italian professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Career At the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight he lost his first fight to 2004 silver medalist Worapoj Petchko ...

(Italy) 12-1 *Lost to

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(Cuba) 2-10

World Amateur Championships results

2007 (as a bantamweight) *Defeated

(Philippines) 13-5 *Lost to

David Oltvanyi David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(Hungary) 9-10

2009 Ban

In 2009, Petchkoom was banned from boxing for 3 months after he posed for photos in the gay lifestyle magazine ''Stage''.http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/2009/08/31/8886.thai-boxer-faces-3-month-ban-for-posing-in-gay-magazine

References

External links

Asian Games 2006
* Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Worapoj Petchkoom Worapoj Petchkoom ( th, วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม; ; born May 18, 1981) is a Thai boxer who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal losing to Cuban superstar Guillermo Ri ...

1981 births Living people Olympic medalists in boxing Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games Boxers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in boxing

Competitors at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Bantamweight boxers

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