Surodchana Khambao

Surodchana Khambao
Personal information
NicknameOil[1]
Born (1999-12-23) 23 December 1999 (age 25)
Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai, Thailand[1]
Sport
CountryThailand
SportWeightlifting
Weight class49 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Thailand
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris –49 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 49 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 53 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Jinju 49 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Hanoi 49 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent 53 kg

Surodchana Khambao (Thai: สุรจนา คำเบ้า; born 23 December 1999)[2] is a Thai weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg 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 53 kg event without winning a medal. She finished in 5th place.

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

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

Khambao won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg 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
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2024 France Paris, France 49 kg 86 88 88 — 110 112 114 — 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 49 kg 82 84 86 1st place, gold medalist(s) 103 105 110 1st place, gold medalist(s) 191 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 85 87 87 5 107 109 109 4 196 4
IWF World Cup
2024 Thailand Phuket, Thailand 49 kg 85 88 88 7 106 109 111 5 194 5
Asian Games
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 53 kg 86 86 89 — 107 110 115 — 201 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2017 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 53 kg 76 80 80 4 95 101 101 4 175 4
2023 South Korea Jinju, South Korea 49 kg 88 88 90 4 110 112 112 4 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 49 kg 84 84 86 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 103 103 106 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 190 4

References

  1. ^ a b ""สุรจนา คำเบ้า" สาวหน้านิ่งว่าที่ผู้พิชิตทองโอลิมปิก 2024" ["Surodchna Khambao" poker face girl the acting Olympic gold medal conqueror]. Stadium (in Thai). 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  2. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ Oliver, Brian (8 December 2021). "Thailand take two golds on return to weightlifting's World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ Etchells, Daniel (8 July 2018). "Khambao claims second gold medal sweep for Thailand at IWF Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. ^ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.