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Panipak Wongpattanakit
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Panipak at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
NicknameTennis
NationalityThai
Born (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 26)
Bandon, Surat Thani, Thailand[1][2]
Alma materChulalongkorn University[1]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
WebsitePanipak Wongpattanakit on Facebook
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached byChoi Young-Seok[1]
Medal record
Women's Taekwondo
Representing  Thailand
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships 2 2 1
Asian Games 2 0 1
Asian Championships 2 0 0
Grand Slam 2 0 0
Grand Prix 12 2 1
Total 21 4 4
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo −49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro −49 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Chelyabinsk −46 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Manchester −49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Muju −49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku −49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Guadalajara −49 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou −49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon −46 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tashkent −46 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Pasay −49 kg
Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuxi −49 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 Moscow −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 London −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Abidjan (F) −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Taoyuan −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Manchester −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Chiba −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Paris −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Manchester −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Riyadh (F) −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rome −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Taiyuan −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester (F) −49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Samsun −49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Fujairah (F) −49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mexico City (F) −49 kg
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Manila −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Hanoi −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Phnom Penh −49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Naypiydaw −49 kg
FISU World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples −49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chengdu −49 kg
Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing −44 kg
Asian Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Nanjing −47 kg
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Jakarta −44 kg
2018 Asian Games podium

Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit (Thai: พาณิภัค วงศ์พัฒนกิจ; RTGS: Phaniphak Wongphatthanakit; born 8 August 1997) is a Thai taekwondo athlete.[3] She is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49 kg.[4]

Career

Panipak became a world champion at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, claiming a gold medal in the 46 kg event which was her first world title. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class during her first Olympic appearance for Thailand.[5] She nearly quit taekwondo out of frustration after the Olympics and took a brief break from the sport for about two months.[6]

She claimed a bronze medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed her first Asian Games gold medal during the 2018 Asian Games in women's 49kg event. She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event during the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.[6] She was awarded the Female Athlete of the Year by the World Taekwondo during the 2019 World Taekwondo Gala Awards.[7][8]

She also represented Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics and claimed a gold medal in the women's 49kg event.[9][10][11] This win also became the first Olympic gold medal win for Thailand in taekwondo. Panipak was also awarded Thailand's first and only gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12][13]

She won the silver medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[14] At the Rome Grand Prix in June 2023, she won her tenth gold medal in the women's 49 kg event, making her the first athlete to do so.[15]

Royal decorations

See also

References

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  15. ^ "Wongpattanakit and Elsharabaty win to conclude Rome World Taekwondo Grand Prix". www.insidethegames.biz. 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  16. ^ "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์ ประจำปี ๒๕๖๓ (หน้า ๖๔)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 29, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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Olympic Champions in Taekwondo — Women's Flyweight (49 kg)
World Champions in Taekwondo – Women's Finweight
World Champions in Taekwondo – Women's Flyweight
Olympic medalists for Thailand
Youth Olympic medalists for Thailand
Thailand at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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