Pornchai Thongburan
Encyclopedia
Pornchai Thongburan is a boxer
from Thailand
who competed in the Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
and won the bronze medal.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
who competed in the Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and won the bronze medal.
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Karoly BalzsayKároly BalzsayKároly Balzsay is a Hungarian boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion. He is also a former WBO super middleweight champion...
(Hungary) 17-12 - Defeated Mohamed Hekal (Egypt) 15-9
- Lost to Marian SimionMarian SimionMarian Simion is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...
(Romania) 16-26