Sanikun Tanasan Explained

Sanikun Tanasan
Native Name:	ศนิกุล ธนสาร
Nickname:	Nan
Nationality:	Thai
Birth Date:	23 December 1994
Birth Place:	Chumphon Province, Thailand
Residence:	Sawi, Chumphon, Thailand
Education:	Institute of Physical Education Bangkok Campus
Years Active:	2010
Height:	1.54 m
Weight:	48 kg
Country:	Thailand
Sport:	Weightlifting
Club:	Bangkok Weightlifting Club

Sanikun Tanasan (Thai: ศนิกุล ธนสาร; ; born 23 December 1994) (born Sopita Tanasan, Thai: โสภิตา ธนสาร;) is a Thai weighlifter. She competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Women's 53 kg, winning the bronze medal.^[1] In 2016 Olympics, she competed at the 48 kg weight class and won gold.

In January 2019 she was issued a two-year doping ban until January 2021 after testing positive for 5a-androstane-3a, 17-bdiol (5aAdiol) and 5b-androstane-3a, 17 b-diol (5bAdiol).^[2]

Major result

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=40	Rank
Olympic Games
			88	90	92	1	106	108	110	1	200
World Championships
			83	87	90	7	103	106	110	16	196	12
			85	89	91		109	112	113	4	203
			90	95	99	4	110	113	116	5	208	4
			90	95	100	4	110	115	115	5	210	4
			91	94	96		110	114	117		210
			86	89	93 WR	—	102	108	109	—	—	—
			85	87	88	7	103	103	103	—	—	—
Asian Games
			90	91	95	4	110	115	115	8	205	6
			90	93	94	3	106	109	111	5	199	5
World Junior Championships
2012		53 kg	87	90	93		106	111	111		201
2013		53 kg	86	89	91		105	106	106		197
2014		53 kg	88	88	93		102	107	110		195

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sopita Tanasan . IWF.net . 2013-10-24 . 2017-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053119/http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=tanasan-sopita-1994-12-23&id=7840 . dead.
2. Web site: Sanctions . IWF.net . 2022-07-04 . 2019-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401065956/https://www.iwf.net/anti-doping/sanctions/ . dead.