Sasikarn Tongchan
Thai taekwondo practitioner (born 2003)
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Sasikarn Tongchan (born 19 September 2003) is a Thai taekwondo practitioner. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in the –62kg category.[1]
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| Nickname | Baitoey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 2003 (age 22) Nakhon Pathom, Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Choi Young-seok | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She won a silver medal at the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in a May 2022.[2][3] In June 2022, she won a bronze medal in the 62kg category at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea.[4][5]
She won gold in Cambodia at the Taekwondo at the 2023 SEA Games in the 62kg division in May 2023.[6] In August 2023, she won gold in the 62kg at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu.[7]
In February 2024, she won the Turkish Open in Antalya.[8] She won a gold medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam, in the -62kg category.[9] She entered the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament and earned a place at the upcoming Olympics.[10] She was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[11]
She won a bronze medal in the team kyorugi event at the 2025 World University Games, as the discipline made its debut as a medal event.[12] She also won a bronze medal in the women's -62kg category at the 2025 World University Games in Germany in July 2025.[13] In December, she was a gold medalist at the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok in the women's -63 kg category.[14]