Vichairachanon Khadpo

Vichairachanon ' Vichai ' Khodpo ( thai: วิชัย ราชา นนท์; born March 3, 1968 in Amphoe Nong Ruea, Khon Kaen ) is a former Thai boxer. Khodpo was bronze medalist of the Asian Games in 1990 and 1994 and the 1996 Olympic Games and Asian champions in 1991 and 1992. Moreover, he was a participant of the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992.

Career

In 1988 Khodpo at the Olympic Games in Seoul in part, but different flyweight (-51 kg) starting already in the first fight against Andy Agosto, Puerto Rico (5-0 ), from.

1990 Khodpo occupied the third place in the Asian Games in Beijing in 1991 he won Southeast Asia Games in Manila. In the same year he also became Asian champion and qualified for the Olympic Games 1992. 1992 Khodpo was once Asian champions before, Germany, retired at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in the first fight against Mario hole due to injury. The year ended Khodpo by winning the World Military Championships.

In the Southeast Asia Games 1993 Khodpo took second place at the World Cup in Bangkok and in the following year, he struck among others Waldemar Font, Cuba ( 12:9 ) before the final against Rovshan Huseynov, Azerbaijan ( 15:10 ), lost. In addition Khodpo won the 1995 bronze medal at the Asian Games in Hiroshima, and the silver medal at the Military World Championships in Rome. In 1996 Khodpo for the third time in the Olympic Games, and in part this celebrated his biggest success. After victories over Claude Lambert, Canada ( 12:2 ), Carlos Barreto, Venezuela ( 14:6 ), and Hicham Nafil, Morocco ( 13:4 ), and a semi-final defeat against Istvan Kovacs, Hungary ( 12:7 ), he won the bronze medal in the Bantamweight (-54 kg).

After another victory in the South East Asia Games in 1995 Khodpo ended his career.

Source

• Amateur- boxing.strefa.pl

• Boxer ( Thailand)
• Olympian (Thailand)
• Born in 1968
• Man