Sanikun Tanasan

Sanikun Tanasan
Personal information
Native nameศนิกุล ธนสาร
NicknameNan
National team Thailand
Born (1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 (age 29)
Chumphon Province, Thailand
EducationInstitute of Physical Education Bangkok Campus
Years active2010
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryThailand
SportWeightlifting
ClubBangkok Weightlifting Club
Medal record
Representing  Thailand
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Weightlifting Championships 1 1 0
Southeast Asian Games 0 1 0
Total 2 2 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro −48 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Anaheim −53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Wrocław −53 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Guatemala City −53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan −53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lima −53 kg
Junior Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Yangoon −53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bishkek −53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Chonburi −53 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia –49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam –55 kg
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Sanikun Tanasan (Thai: ศนิกุล ธนสาร; RTGS: Sanikun Thanasan; born 23 December 1994) (born Sopita Tanasan, Thai: โสภิตา ธนสาร; RTGS: Sophita Thanasan) is a Thai weighlifter. She competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Women's 53 kg, winning the bronze medal.[1] In 2016 Olympics, she competed at the 48 kg weight class and won gold.

In January 2019 she was issued a two-year doping ban until January 2021 after testing positive for 5a-androstane-3a, 17-bdiol (5aAdiol) and 5b-androstane-3a, 17 b-diol (5bAdiol).[2]

  1. ^ "Sopita Tanasan". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Sanctions". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.