Thitisan Panmod (; born 5 December 2000) is a Thai

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. As an amateur, he won 2018 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.

Early life and Muay Thai career

Panmod (nicknamed Lerm; เหลิม) born in boxing family in

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, upper central

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. His father owned a small

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gym called "Sor. Sayan". He practiced

for the first time when he was a

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because he was angry at being bullied by his friends, with his father as a trainer. But his father took him to a local tournament, where he became the northern champion. Then, two years later, he set his sights on boxing by attending the Phitsanulok Provincial Sports School and has started practicing amateur boxing ever since.

Amateur career

He represented Thailand in

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and defeated Puerto Rican boxer Jan Paul Rivera to win gold medal.

2020 Summer Olympics

For the

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, Panmod has represented the Thailand national team in the 52 kg class (

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) at the age of 19 and is one of just two of the Thai men's boxers (another one is senior

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). Unfortunately, shortly before the start of the competition. He also suffered a knee injury during a training session at a training camp in

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, therefore requested to withdraw in the end.

2024 Summer Olympics

In the

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, his fist Summer Olympics. He is considered the greatest hope of the Thailand national amateur boxing team, with a total of 8 boxers participating in the competition. Panmod competed in the men's 51 kg (Flyweight) division. In the first stage (round of 32), he was drawn to advance to the next stage. In the second stage (round of 16), Panmod was eliminated when he lost to Daniel Varela de Pina, a representative from

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30–27, 30–27, 29–28, 29–28, and 28–29, total 4–1. What with, he could not compete with de Pina's agility and his physical condition was at a disadvantage.

References

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