Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen
Personal information
Full nameNootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen
Nationality Thailand
Born (1978-02-10) 10 February 1978 (age 45)
Bangkok, Thailand
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event57 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Thailand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Garmisch 55 kg
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok 51 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Ho Chi Minh 55 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumper 59 kg

Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen (Thai: นุชจรินทร์ สุขคงดำเนิน; born February 10, 1978, in Bangkok) is a Thai taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the women's featherweight category.[1] She claimed the silver medal in the 51-kg division at the 1998 Asian Games in her native Bangkok, retrieved a bronze at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and later attained a fifth-place finish in the 58-kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing her nation Thailand.[2]

Sukkhongdumnoen qualified for the Thai squad in the women's featherweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by defeating Uzbekistan's Irina Kaydashova for the top spot and securing a berth from the Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in her native Bangkok.[3] Sukkhongdumnoen had to deal with tough crowds at the start of the tournament, as she upset the Greek favorite and two-time Olympian Areti Athanasopoulou on the marginal judging decision, resulting to a 6–6 draw and a storming protest from the opposition.[4] Following her surprising victory in the opening round, Sukkhongdumnoen defied odds to pummel Chinese Taipei's Chi Shu-ju in the quarterfinals by a narrow 2–1 margin, before she fell short on the referee's decision to U.S. taekwondo neophyte and eventual silver medalist Nia Abdallah in the semifinals.[5][6] When Abdallah progressed to the final, Sukkhongdumnoen gave herself a chance for the Olympic bronze medal in the repechage, but dropped abruptly to a 3–6 decision against Spain's Sonia Reyes in her first playoff, relegating Sukkhongdumnoen to fifth position.[2][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nootcharin Sukkhongdumnoen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b ""นุชจรินทร์" ได้ลุ้นทองหลังผ่านไต้หวันเข้ารอบรองฯ" ["Not Charin" to win gold after losing the semifinals] (in Thai). Manager Daily. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Athens 2004: Taekwondo – Women's Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Athens 2004. LA84 Foundation. pp. 5–7. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Summer 2004 Games; Taekwondo: In a Surprise, Newcomer Wins a Silver Medal for the U.S." New York Times. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Abdallah takes silver; African taekwondo athlete knocked out". USA Today. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (28 August 2004). "Team Taiwan takes silver in taekwondo". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Taekwondo – Women's Featherweight (57kg/126lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Sonia Reyes se quedó a un paso del bronce" [Sonia Reyes came so close to take the bronze] (in Spanish). El País. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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