Kaeo Pongprayoon (, , ; born 28 March 1980 in

Kamphaeng Phet Kamphaeng Phet is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, former capital of the Kamphaeng Phet Province. It covers the complete ''tambon ''Tambon'' (, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and provi ...

) is a Thai amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the

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. Pongprayoon won the

2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships The 25th edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from June 7 to June 13, 2009 in Zhuhai, China. Medal summary Medal table Referencesamateur-boxing 2009 Southeast Asian Games The 2009 Southeast Asian Games (, Romanization of Lao, translit. Kila phoumipak asi taven oak siang tai 2009), officially known as the 25th Southeast Asian Games, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event hosted by Vientiane, Laos. This was the ...

and 2011 2011
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he lost his third fight to

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. At the

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he beat two opponents, then lost 8:14 to

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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he won his first fight against Algerian

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19:11, then defeated Ecuador's

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and Bulgarian Aleksandar Aleksandrov. He reached the final by edging out Russian

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13:12. He controversially lost the final to

10:13.

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Kaeo Pongprayoon Kaeo Pongprayoon (, , ; born 28 March 1980 in Kamphaeng Phet) is a Thai amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Pongprayoon won the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships and the 2009 Southeast Asian Games and 2011 a ...

Olympic medalists in boxing

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxing trainers

SEA Games medalists in boxing

Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Light-flyweight boxers

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