- Amnat Ruenroeng
Amnat Ruenroeng ( _th. อำนาจ รื่นเริง), also transliterated Ruanroeng; born
December 18 ,1979 ) is a Thai amateur boxer best known for having won a bronze medal as a junior flyweight at the2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships inChicago . He had lost in the semi-final toPhilippines southpawHarry Tanamor .Ruenroeng began boxing while serving a fifteen year prison sentence for robbery. In 2007, he won a Thai national title in the light-flyweight division, and was released from prison for good behaviour the following day. He subsequently qualified to represent Thailand at the
2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing . [ [http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825954,00.html "Amnat Ruenroeng"] , "Time"]References
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* [http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825954,00.html "Amnat Ruenroeng"] , n°56 on "Time"’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/230249.shtml Results.beijing2008.cn - Bio]
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