Worapoj Petchkoom

Worapoj Petchkoom (born May 18, 1981 in Surat Thani Province, Thai วรพจน์ เพชรขุ้ม ) is a Thai boxer who competed in the bantamweight class (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal losing to Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux. Petchkook qualified again in 2008 as a bantamweight.

Olympic results

2004 (as a bantamweight)

• Defeated Kim Won-Il (South Korea) RSC 3 (1:47)
• Defeated Khavazhi Khatsigov (Belarus) 33-18
• Defeated Nestor Bolum (Nigeria) 29-14
• Defeated Aghasi Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 27-19
• Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (Cuba) 13-22

2008 (as a bantamweight)

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Vittorio Parrinello (Italy) 12-1
• Lost to Yankiel León (Cuba) 2-10

World amateur championships results

2007 (as a bantamweight)

• Defeated Joan Tipon (Philippines) 13-5
• Lost to David Oltvanyi (Hungary) 9-10

2011 (as a bantamweight)

• Defeated Ayabonga Sonjica (South Africa) 16-7
• Lost to Joseph Diaz (United States) 21-24