Surodchana Khambao

Surodchana Khambao
Personal information
NicknameOil[1]
Born (1999-12-23) 23 December 1999
Sport
CountryThailand
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
49 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Thailand
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris–49 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Førde53 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Jakarta53 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Jinju49 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Vietnam49 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Thailand53 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Tashkent53 kg

Surodchana Khambao (Thai: สุรจนา คำเบ้า; born 23 December 1999)[2] is a Thai weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3][4]

Career

Khambao competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in the women's 53 kg event without winning a medal. She finished in 5th place.

In 2018, Khambao won all three gold medals in the women's 53 kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] She also won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2]

Khambao finished in 4th place in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[6]

Khambao won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[7] She was 1 kg ahead of India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu who finished fourth.[7]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2024Paris, France49 kg868888N/a110112114N/a2003rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships
2021Tashkent, Uzbekistan49 kg8284861st place, gold medalist(s)1031051101st place, gold medalist(s)1911st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia49 kg858787510710910941964
2025Førde, Norway53 kg889090511011211242003rd place, bronze medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand49 kg858888710610911151945
Asian Games
2018Jakarta, Indonesia53 kg868689N/a107110115N/a2013rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asian Championships
2017Ashgabat, Turkmenistan53 kg76808049510110141754
2023Jinju, South Korea49 kg888890411011211242003rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024Tashkent, Uzbekistan49 kg8484863rd place, bronze medalist(s)1031031063rd place, bronze medalist(s)1904

References

  1. 1 2 ""สุรจนา คำเบ้า" สาวหน้านิ่งว่าที่ผู้พิชิตทองโอลิมปิก 2024" ["Surodchna Khambao" poker face girl the acting Olympic gold medal conqueror]. Stadium (in Thai). 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  2. 1 2 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Brian (8 December 2021). "Thailand take two golds on return to weightlifting's World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (8 July 2018). "Khambao claims second gold medal sweep for Thailand at IWF Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.