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Full name | วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Phanom, Surat Thani | May 18, 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Royal Thai Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Worapoj Petchkoom (Thai: วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม; RTGS: Woraphot Phetkhum; born May 18, 1981) is a Thai boxer who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal, after losing in the final to Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux. He had qualified for the Athens Games by topping the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final, he defeated India's Diwakar Prasad.