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Worapoj Petchkoom

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Worapoj Petchkoom
TBh
Personal information
Full nameวรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม
Nationality Thailand
Born (1981-05-18) May 18, 1981 (age 43)
Phanom, Surat Thani
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classBantamweight
ClubRoyal Thai Army
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Bantamweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Bantamweight
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Bantamweight
Sea Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Southeast Asian Games Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2003 Southeast Asian Games Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2005 Southeast Asian Games Bantamweight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Southeast Asian Games Bantamweight

Worapoj Petchkoom (Thai: วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม; RTGSWoraphot Phetkhum; born May 18, 1981) is a Thai boxer who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, after losing in the final to Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux. He had qualified for the Athens Games by topping the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final, he defeated India's Diwakar Prasad.

Amateur career

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In 2005 he competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia, losing both his matches in the preliminary round. At the Asian Games 2006 he lost to eventual winner Joan Tipon 13:13 (countback). At the world 2007 he was upset by Hungarian David Oltvanyi 9:10 in an early round.

Olympic results

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2004 (as a bantamweight)

2008 (as a bantamweight)

World Amateur Championships results

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2007 (as a bantamweight)

2009 Ban

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In 2009, Petchkoom was banned from boxing for 3 months after he posed for photos in the gay lifestyle magazine Stage.[1]

References

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Thailand
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by