Surodchana Khambao Explained

Surodchana Khambao
Nickname:	Oil^[1]
Birth Date:	1999 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Country:	Thailand
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	49 kg

Surodchana Khambao (Thai: สุรจนา คำเบ้า; born 23 December 1999)^[2] is a Thai weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She won the gold medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Khambao competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in the women's 53kg event without winning a medal. She finished in 5th place.

In 2018, Khambao won all three gold medals in the women's 53kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[5] She also won the bronze medal in the women's 53kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[2]

Khambao finished in 4th place in the women's 49kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[6]

Khambao won the bronze medal in the women's 49kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.^[7] She was 1 kg ahead of India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu who finished fourth.^[7]

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=65	1	width=65	2	width=65	3	width=45	Rank	width=65	1	width=65	2	width=65	3	width=45	Rank
Summer Olympics
	align=left			86	88	88		110	112	114		200
World Championships
	align=left			82	84	86		103	105	110		191
	align=left			85	87	87	5	107	109	109	4	196	4
IWF World Cup
		49 kg	85	88	88	7	106	109	111	5	194	5
Asian Games
	align=left			86	86	89		107	110	115		201
Asian Championships
2017		53 kg	76	80	80	4	95	101	101	4	175	4
2023		49 kg	88	88	90	4	110	112	112	4	200
2024		49 kg	84	84	86		103	103	106		190	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: thai. 2023-03-13. 2024-08-09. "สุรจนา คำเบ้า" สาวหน้านิ่งว่าที่ผู้พิชิตทองโอลิมปิก 2024. Stadium. "Surodchna Khambao" poker face girl the acting Olympic gold medal conqueror.
2. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book. 2018 Asian Games. 18 May 2020.
3. News: Oliver. Brian. 8 December 2021. Thailand take two golds on return to weightlifting's World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 December 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf. 17 December 2021. 17 December 2021. International Weightlifting Federation.
5. News: Etchells. Daniel. 8 July 2018. Khambao claims second gold medal sweep for Thailand at IWF Junior World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 May 2020.
6. Web site: 2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230917164936/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/09/2023_KSA_ResultsBook_.pdf . 17 September 2023 . 17 September 2023 . International Weightlifting Federation.
7. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.