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Sanikun Tanasan
Personal information
Native nameศนิกุล ธนสาร
NicknameNan
National team Thailand
Born (1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 (age 29)
Chumphon Province, Thailand
EducationInstitute of Physical Education Bangkok Campus
Years active2010
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryThailand
SportWeightlifting
ClubBangkok Weightlifting Club
Medal record
Representing  Thailand
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Weightlifting Championships 1 1 0
Southeast Asian Games 0 1 0
Total 2 2 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro −48 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Anaheim −53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2013 Wrocław −53 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Guatemala City −53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan −53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lima −53 kg
Junior Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Yangoon −53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bishkek −53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Chonburi −53 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia –49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vietnam –55 kg

Sanikun Tanasan (Thai: ศนิกุล ธนสาร; RTGS: Sanikun Thanasan; born 23 December 1994) (born Sopita Tanasan, Thai: โสภิตา ธนสาร; RTGS: Sophita Thanasan) is a Thai weighlifter. She competed at the 2013 World Championships in the Women's 53 kg, winning the bronze medal.[1] In 2016 Olympics, she competed at the 48 kg weight class and won gold.

In January 2019 she was issued a two-year doping ban until January 2021 after testing positive for 5a-androstane-3a, 17-bdiol (5aAdiol) and 5b-androstane-3a, 17 b-diol (5bAdiol).[2]

Major result

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 48 kg 88 90 92 1 106 108 110 1 200 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2011 France Paris, France 53 kg 83 87 90 7 103 106 110 16 196 12
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 53 kg 85 89 91 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 109 112 113 4 203 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 53 kg 90 95 99 4 110 113 116 5 208 4
2015 United States Houston, United States 53 kg 90 95 100 4 110 115 115 5 210 4
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 53 kg 91 94 96 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110 114 117 1st place, gold medalist(s) 210 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 49 kg 86 89 93 WR — 102 108 109 — — —
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 85 87 88 7 103 103 103 — — —
Asian Games
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 53 kg 90 91 95 4 110 115 115 8 205 6
2018 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 53 kg 90 93 94 3 106 109 111 5 199 5
World Junior Championships
2012 Guatemala Guatemala, Guatemala 53 kg 87 90 93 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 106 111 111 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 201 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2013 Peru lima, Peru 53 kg 86 89 91 1st place, gold medalist(s) 105 106 106 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 197 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014 Russia Kazan, Russia 53 kg 88 88 93 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 102 107 110 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 195 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Sopita Tanasan". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Sanctions". IWF.net. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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