Panipak Wongpattanakit Explained

Honorific Prefix:Flying Officer
Panipak Wongpattanakit
Honorific Suffix:TBh
Nickname:Tennis
Nationality:Thai
Birth Date:1997 8, df=y
Birth Place:Bandon, Surat Thani, Thailand[1]
Alma Mater:Chulalongkorn University
Height:171.0cm[2]
Sport:Taekwondo
Coach:Choi Young-Seok
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Allegiance: Thailand
Branch: Royal Thai Air Force
Serviceyears:2021–present
Rank: Flying Officer

Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit (Thai: พาณิภัค วงศ์พัฒนกิจ; ; born 8 August 1997) is a retired Thai taekwondo athlete.[3] A two-time Olympic champion, she is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49 kg.[4]

Early life

Born in Surat Thani in southern Thailand. Panipak is the youngest child of a family of three siblings. She lost her mother when she was young. Her father, a civil servant teacher, loved sports, so he nicknamed all his children after sports: Bowling, Baseball, and Tennis, respectively.

Panipak started practicing taekwondo because she wanted to go to Phuket with her friend who was competing in taekwondo there. Her father allowed her to go but on the condition that she had to compete too. At that time, she was already practicing taekwondo but didn't pay any attention to it. She competed and lost every match. Then she started to take it seriously and eventually became a professional taekwondo athlete.[5]

Career

Panipak became a world champion at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, claiming a gold medal in the 46 kg event which was her first world title. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class during her first Olympic appearance for Thailand.[6] She nearly quit taekwondo out of frustration after the Olympics and took a brief break from the sport for about two months.[7]

She claimed a bronze medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed her first Asian Games gold medal during the 2018 Asian Games in women's 49kg event. She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event during the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. She was awarded the Female Athlete of the Year by the World Taekwondo during the 2019 World Taekwondo Gala Awards.[8] [9]

She also represented Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics and claimed a gold medal in the women's 49kg event.[10] [11] [12] This win also became the first Olympic gold medal win for Thailand in taekwondo. Panipak was also awarded Thailand's first and only gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13] [14]

She won the silver medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[15] At the Rome Grand Prix in June 2023, she won her tenth gold medal in the women's 49 kg event, making her the first athlete to do so.[16]

In the 2024 Summer Olympics she won gold medal again in the women's taekwondo 49kg category, becoming the first Thai athlete to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals and the first Thai three consecutive Olympic medalist.[17] Before the tournament, she announced that this would be her last match, as the training was too intense for her body.[18]

Personal life

After the 2024 Summer Olympics, she revealed that she was dating fellow taekwondo practitioner Ramnarong "Junior" Sawekwiharee but had to keep it a secret for 9 years because there was a rule that prohibited national athletes from being lovers.[19]

Career Highlights

Royal decorations

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: ครอบครัวจัดเต็ม เปิดจอยักษ์ ลุ้นเหรียญเทควันโดโอลิมปิก . 18 August 2016 . August 19, 2016 . th . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914053045/http://www.pptvthailand.com/sport/news/32837 . 14 September 2016 . dead.
  2. Web site: Athletes Profile asiangames2018.id . 20 May 2022 . 31 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180831104342/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/WONGPATTANAKIT-Panipak-3021048.
  3. Web site: Taekwondo - WONGPATTANAKIT Panipak . dead . 24 July 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us . 24 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210724162718/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/athlete-profile-n1467323-wongpattanakit-panipak.htm.
  4. News: . Thai stars kick off quest for Games glory . Bangkok Post . 24 July 2021.
  5. Web site:
    1. เจาะลึกประเด็นร้อน (8ส.ค.67)
    . thai. 2024-08-08. 2024-08-08. Facebook. MCOT News FM 100.5.
  6. Web site: 4 January 2018 . Taekwondo at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Games: Women's Flyweight Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2021-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104014151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2016/TKW/womens-flyweight.html. 2018-01-04.
  7. News: . History beckons for favourite taekwondo exponent Panipak . Bangkok Post . 24 July 2021.
  8. Web site: 7 December 2019. Jang and Wongpattanakit named athletes of the year at World Taekwondo awards . 24 July 2021 . www.insidethegames.biz.
  9. Web site: 12 December 2019 . Jang and Wongpattanakit crowned athletes of the year at World Taekwondo Gala Awards 2019 . 24 July 2021 . en.mastkd.com . en-US.
  10. News: . A Korean coach with a Thai heart . Bangkok Post . 11 April 2021.
  11. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics — Taekwondo – Women -49kg Schedule . 22 July 2021 . . 22 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722191314/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/taekwondo/event-schedule-women-49kg.htm . dead.
  12. Web site: Draw sheet . 24 July 2021 . . 23 April 2018 . 30 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730045345/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/TKW/OG2020-_TKW_C75_TKWW49KG--------------------------.pdf . dead.
  13. Web site: Panipak Wongpattanakit wins Thailand's first Olympic Taekwondo gold . 24 July 2021 . Tokyo 2020 . en-US . 30 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730165529/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/panipak-wongpattanakit-snatches-gold-in-taekwondo-women-s-49kg . dead.
  14. Web site: 24 July 2021 . Panipak wins Thailand's first gold at Tokyo Games . 24 July 2021 . ESPN.com . en.
  15. News: Burke . Patrick . 31 May 2023 . Dramatic final makes Dinçel one of three winners at World Taekwondo Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 31 May 2023.
  16. Web site: 11 June 2023 . Wongpattanakit and Elsharabaty win to conclude Rome World Taekwondo Grand Prix . 12 June 2023 . www.insidethegames.biz.
  17. Web site: thai. Siamsport. 2024-08-08. 2024-08-08. "เทนนิส พาณิภัค" สร้างประวัติศาสตร์คว้าเหรียญทองโอลิมปิก 2 สมัยซ้อน.
  18. Web site: thai. 2024-03-06. 2024-08-08. "โอลิมปิก 2024" และการเสียสละครั้งสุดท้ายของ "เทนนิส" พาณิภัค วงศ์พัฒนกิจ. Wallop. Sawatdee. Main Stand.
  19. หน้า 8 กีฬา, 'เทนนิส-จูเนียร์'ตำนานรัก9ปีจิกซอว์ความสำเร็จ. ข่าวสดวันพฤหัสบดีที่ 22 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2567 ปีที่ 34 ฉบับที่ 12,321 Thai: ภาษาไทย
  20. Web site: ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์ ประจำปี ๒๕๖๓ (หน้า ๖๔) . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129165312/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2564/B/E002/1.PDF . dead . January 29, 2021 . 19 May 2022.
  21. Web site: พระบรมราชโองการ ประกาศ เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือกและเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย ชั้นต่ำกว่าสายสะพาย ประจำปี ๒๕๖๕. 28 July 2024.

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