Siripuch Gulnoi Explained

Honorific Suffix:BBh
Birth Place:Mueang Surin District, Surin Province[1]
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Sport:Weightlifting
Event:Women's 63 kg
Nickname:Pooklook (ปุ๊กลุ๊ก)
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Siripuch Gulnoi (Thai: ศิริภุช กุลน้อย) formerly Rattikan Gulnoi (Thai: รัตติกาล กุลน้อย) is a Thai weightlifter.[2] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 58 kg.[3] She set personal bests in both the clean and jerk and the snatch, achieving 100 kg and 134 kg respectively. She originally finished fourth, but was promoted to third and won the bronze medal after Yuliya Kalina was disqualified.[4]

In January 2020, a documentary on systemic doping in international weightlifting by the German broadcaster ARD featured a hidden camera interview with Gulnoi, where she admitted to having continuously doped since the age of 18, including ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] Bossaba Yodbangtoey, the head of the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association, stated Gulnoi exaggerated the extent of doping practices in Thai weightlifting.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: ชาวเมืองช้างจัดเต็ม! เตรียมเชียร์ "ปุ๊กลุก" ยกลูกเหล็กคว้าเหรียญโอลิมปิกเพิ่มให้ชาติไทย. th. August 9, 2016. August 19, 2016. ASTV Manager.
  2. http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gulnoi-rattikan-1053096/ London2012.com
  3. News: Rattikan Gulnoi. BBC Sport. 8 September 2012.
  4. News: Results by Events. IWF. July 2016.
  5. Web site: Geheimsache Doping - Rattikan Gulnoi überführt sich selbst. 2020-01-05. sportschau.de. de. 2020-03-08.
  6. News: Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association board quits en masse over doping. Bangkok Post Public Limited. Bangkok Post. 2020-03-08.