- Somjit Jongjohor
Somjit Jongjohor ( _th. สมจิตร จงจอหอ, born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known to win flyweight Gold at the
2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and the flyweight Gold at theBeijing 2008 Olympics.Career
Somjit won the Asian Games 2002.
In the
2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships final in his home country he beat FrenchmanJérôme Thomas , who went on to win Olympic silver in 2004. At the Olympics 2004, Somjit had bad luck with the draw and was outpointed by Cuban eventual winner Yuriorkis Gamboa.At the
2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships he was surprised in his first match by Cuban southpawAndry Laffita and lost 14:16.He won silver at the 2006 Asian Games in the Flyweight (-51 kg) division when he was upset by Filipino boxer
Violito Payla 15-31. He had beaten the Filipino three times before. [ [http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/SPORTS/BX/IGBXBoutResult.aspx?rscid=0-051-1-01-00001-1 Flyweight final bout results] ]He beat
Vincenzo Picardi to reach the finals in the2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships where he lost against local southpawRaushee Warren .He represented Thailand in the
Beijing 2008 Olympics Flyweight category and said that it would be his last contest after which he would continue his boxing career as a national team's coach. [ [http://www.innnews.co.th/sport.php?nid=122912 INN Online - สมจิตร จงจอหอ ประกาศจบโอลิมปิก] th icon]He won his first gold medal in the
Beijing 2008 Olympics Flyweight category 51 kg defeatingAndry Laffita of Cuba 8-2.Olympic games results
2004 (as a flyweight)
*DefeatedKim Ki-Suk (South Korea) 22-12
*Lost toYuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba) 21-262008 (as a flyweight)
*DefeatedAbdelillah Nhaila (Morocco) 6-1
*DefeatedSamir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 10-2
*DefeatedAnvar Yunusov (Tajikistan) 8-1
*DefeatedVincenzo Picardi (Italy) 7-1
*DefeatedAndry Laffita 8-2World amateur championships results
2003 (as a flyweight)
*DefeatedRamazan Ballioglu (Turkey) RSCO 3
*DefeatedBato-Munko Vankeev (Belarus) 10-5
*DefeatedYuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba) 23-22
*DefeatedRustamhodza Rahimov (Germany) 12-5
*DefeatedJerome Thomas (boxer) (France) 24-172005 (as a flyweight)
*Lost toAndry Laffita (Cuba) 14-162007 (as a flyweight)
*DefeatedRamadan Rezgallah (Egypt) 17-9
*DefeatedMirat Sarsembayev (Kazakhstan) 17-8
*DefeatedRafał Kaczor (Poland) 15-3
*DefeatedVincenzo Picardi (Italy) 13-2
*Lost toRau'shee Warren (United States) 9-13 (final match)References
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