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Nationality | Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2000-08-31) 31 August 2000 (age 24) Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Khwansuda Phuangkitcha (Thai: ขวัญสุดา พวงกิจจา; born 31 August 2000) is a Thai Para Taekwondo practitioner.
Career
Phuangkitcha became the first world champion in Para Taekwondo for Thailand, following her victory in the 49 kg event at the 2019 World Championship in Antalya, Turkey. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the 49 kg category and won the bronze medal in the event. Following her win, she became Thailand's first Para Taekwondo medalist at the Paralympic Games.
References
- ^ Punwaratorn, Metha (2 September 2021). "ขวัญสุดา จอมเตะสาวผู้เปลี่ยนความโศกเศร้าให้เป็นพลังใจไม่มีที่สิ้นสุด". The Standard (in Thai). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- Berkeley, Geoff (2 September 2021). "Elzayat stretchered off twice as first Paralympic taekwondo champions are crowned". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- "It's a golden hat-trick for Pongsakorn". Bangkok Post. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- "Taekwondo - PHUANGKITCHA Khwansuda". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Thai female taekwondo practitioners
- Paralympic taekwondo practitioners for Thailand
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Thailand
- Paralympic medalists in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- People from Prachuap Khiri Khan province
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
- 21st-century Thai sportswomen