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| Full name | สุริยา ปราสาทหินพิมาย | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Thai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 2, 1980 Nakhon Ratchasima | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight Light Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Suriya Prasathinphimai (Thai: สุริยา ปราสาทหินพิมาย; born April 2, 1980) is a Thai boxer who competed in the Middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he lost to Pakistan's Ahmed Ali Khan.
He is the grandson of Sook Prasathinphimai, a legendary Muay Thai kickboxer in the 50s.[1]
He also has a career in professional Muay Thai, under the name as "Suriya Sor Ploenchit" (สุริยา ส.เพลินจิต).
- ^ อินทรีย์ภูเขา (2010-09-25). "สุข..ยักษ์ผีโขมด..นักสู้จากพิมาย". Oknation (in Thai). Retrieved 2017-09-03.