Pen-Ek Karaket (born 18 March 1990,

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

) is a Thai

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner who competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

in the under 58 kg weight class. Karaket lost to

Lee Dae-Hoon Lee Dae-Hoon ( Hangul: 이대훈; ; born February 5, 1992) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete. He won a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and a silver in the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has achieved world first level rankings in the under ...

in the first round. As Lee reached the gold medal match, Karaket was entered into the repechage. Karaket beat Tamer Bayoumi to reach the bronze medal match but lost that to Óscar Muñoz of Colombia. Karaket is coached by Thailand's national taekwondo coach Choi Young-Seok. He also competed in the

Asian Games 2010 The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several even ...

where he earned silver for Thailand. Karaket graduated from Budin Decha School in the year 2007. Currently he is enrolled to Kasetsart University.

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* 1990 births Living people Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Pen-ek Karaket Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pen-ek Karaket Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Pen-ek Karaket Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Pen-ek Karaket SEA Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Pen-ek Karaket Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists Pen-ek Karaket {{Thailand-taekwondo-bio-stub