Payao Poontarat

Name: Payao Poontarat
Hometown: Bang Saphan, Thailand
Birthplace: Bang Saphan, Thailand
Died: 2006-08-13 (Age:49)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 165cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: Charles Atkinson
Manager: Sahasompop Srisomwong

• Bronze Medalist in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, boxing in the light flyweight class, becoming Thailand's first Olympic Medal winner.
• In 2001, after his boxing career ended, he turned his attention to politics, winning a seat in Parliament for the opposition Democratic party, representing his home town of Prachub Kirikhan, 280 kilometers south of Bangkok. But he was forced to retire through illness after only a year.
• Died from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative nerve and brain disease, diagnosed in 2002.

Olympic Results

• Defeated Remus Cosma (Romania) 4-1
• Defeated Alexander Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 3-2
• Defeated Gy?rgy Ged? (Hungary) 4-1
• Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) RSC 2

Preceded by: Rafael Orono

WBC Super Flyweight Champion 1983 Nov 27 – 1984 Jul 5

Succeeded by: Jiro Watanabe