Suriya Prasathinphimai

Suriya Prasathinphimai
TBh
Personal information
Full nameสุริยา ปราสาทหินพิมาย
NationalityThai
Born (1980-04-02) April 2, 1980 (age 44)
Nakhon Ratchasima
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classMiddleweight
Light Middleweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Middleweight
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Light Middleweight
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Ulan Bator Middleweight

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).

  1. ^ อินทรีย์ภูเขา (2010-09-25). "สุข..ยักษ์ผีโขมด..นักสู้จากพิมาย". Oknation (in Thai). Retrieved 2017-09-03.