Somjit Jongjohor

Somjit Jongjohor (born January 19, 1975, Thai: สมจิตร จงจอหอ) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning the flyweight Gold at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships. Jongjohor is a two-time Olympian, winning the gold medal in 2008.

Amateur career

Jongjohor was the 2002 Asian Games flyweight champion. In 2006, he was the silver medalist in the same weight class, losing to [Violito Payla]] of Philippines 31-15; he had beaten Payla three times before.

Olympic games results

2004 (as a flyweight)

• Defeated Kim Ki-Suk (South Korea) 22-12
• Lost to Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba) 21-26

2008 (as a flyweight)

• Defeated Abdelillah Nhaila (Morocco) 6-4
• Defeated Samir Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 10-2
• Defeated Anvar Yunusov (Tajikistan) 8-1
• Defeated Vincenzo Picardi (Italy) 7-1
• Defeated Andry Laffita (Cuba) 8-2

World amateur championships results

2003 (as a flyweight)

• Defeated Ramazan Ballioglu (Turkey) RSCO 3
• Defeated Bato-Munko Vankeyev (Belarus) 10-5
• Defeated Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba) 23-22
• Defeated Rustam Rahimov (Germany) 12-5
• Defeated Jerome Thomas (France) 24-17

2005 (as a flyweight)

• Lost to Andry Laffita (Cuba) 14-16

2007 (as a flyweight)

• Defeated Ramadan Rezgallah (Egypt) 17-9
• Defeated Mirat Sarsenbayev (Kazakhstan) 17-8
• Defeated Rafał Kaczor (Poland) 15-3
• Defeated Vincenzo Picardi (Italy) 13-2
• Lost to Rau'shee Warren (United States) 9-13 (final match)