Chatchai-decha Butdee explained

Birth Place:Ta Phraya, Prachinburi (now Sa Kaeo), Thailand
Height:166 cm[1] [2]
Sport:Amateur boxing
Coach:Omar Malagon
Club:The 1st Army Arai Boxing Club[3]
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Chatchai-decha Butdee (Thai: ฉัตร์ชัยเดชา บุตรดี,, in Thai pronounced as /t͡ɕʰàt.t͡ɕʰāj.dēː.t͡ɕʰāː bùt.dīː/), formerly Chatchai Butdee (Thai: ฉัตร์ชัย บุตรดี,, in Thai pronounced as /tɕʰàt.tɕʰāj bùt.dīː/; born 26 March 1985), is a Thai southpaw boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight, he was defeated in his second bout. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Butdee was again eliminated in his second bout.[2]

Butdee is married and has one daughter. He has a degree in public administration from Thongsook College and is a fan of the English football club Arsenal F.C. In 2013 he was named the Male Athlete of the Year by the Sports Authority of Thailand.[3]

Butdee has an affiliation with the 1st Army Arai Boxing Club, Thailand.[4]

After being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Summer Olympics featherweight (losing 3-2 to Cuba's Lázaro Álvarez), he announced his retirement at the age of 36 after having competed in three Summer Olympics.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chatchai Butdee . London2012.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130430023530/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/butdee-chatchai-1069624/ . 2013-04-30.
  2. Web site: Chatchai Butdee . Rio2016.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826113304/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/chatchai-butdee . 26 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Chatchai Butdee . nbcolympics.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919174410/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=butdee-chatchai-1132679/index.html . 19 September 2016.
  4. Chatchai Butdee . 2019-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151007053356/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/chatchai-butdee-1.html . 7 October 2015 . dead.
  5. Web site: Boxer Chatchai-decha falters in Olympics quarter-final. Bangkokpost. 2021-08-01. 2021-08-04.