Thailand at the 2020 Summer Paralympics explained

Thailand competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was the country's tenth appearance at the Paralympic Games.

Medalists

See main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				29 August
				1 September
				1 September
				29 August
				31 August
				26 August
				28 August
				28 August
				31 August

Competitors

width=140	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	3	2	5
	9	4	13
	3	4	7
	6	4	10
	1	0	1
	10	0	10
	0	1	1
	2	1	3
	3	2	5
	3	1	4
	8	4	12
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	2	1	3
Total	50	26	76

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Qualification.

Thailand have secured three quotas in men's archery following success in the 2019 World Para Archery Championship in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.^{[1] [2]} Two quotas in men's events won by two compound archers, Anon Aungaphinan (sixth place in the secondary tournament) and Singpirom Comsan (seventh place in the secondary tournament). Another quota won by Rio games silver medal recurve archer, Hanreuchai Netsiri (champion in the secondary tournament).

Thailand have secured another quota in women's archery following success in the 2019 Asia Continental Qualification Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand. A quota in women's events won by a recurve archer, Pattawaeo Phattharaphon.

Under Paralympic qualification rules, an NPC that has qualified an archer both men's and women's events in the same category will enter a mixed team (1 male, 1 female) into the relevant team event.^[3]

Compound open

Athlete	Events	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Anon Aungaphinan	Men's individual	686	15		L 130–143	Did not advance
Comsan Singpirom		671	27		L 140–142	Did not advance
Praphaporn Homjanthuek	Women's individual	643	23		L 133–133	Did not advance
Praphaporn Homjanthuek Anon Aungaphinan Comsan Singpirom	Compound open	L 141-147				Did not advance

Recurve open

Athlete	Events	Ranking round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Hanreuchai Netsiri	Men's individual	632	4	L 133–133	Did not advance
Phattharaphon Pattawaeo	Women's individual	599	6	L 1–7	Did not advance
Phattharaphon Pattawaeo Hanreuchai Netsiri	Recurve open	L 4–5		Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Four male wheelchair racers and two female runners secure nine quotas following success in the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. At this event, the top four ranked athletes in each individual events will obtain one qualification slot for their respective National Paralympic Committee, in the case that an athlete is ranked first to fourth in more than one medal event, the athlete can only obtain one qualification slot for their National Paralympic Committee.^[4]

On November 8, Pongsakorn Paeyo qualified by winning a bronze medal in men's 100 metres T53^[5] Then, He qualified by winning in men's 400 metres T53 on November 9.^[6] Chaiwat Rattana qualified by winning the fourth place in men's 100 metres T34, on November 10.^[7] Suneeporn Tanomwong and her guide Patchai Srikhamphan won a bronze medal and qualified women's 400 metres T11 in the same day.^[8] On November 11, Prawat Wahoram and Rawat Tana are athletes qualified in men's 1500 metres T54 after winning a gold medal and fourth place respectively.^[9] Another quota Pongsakorn qualified is men's 800 metres T53 after he won a silver medal on November 12.^[10] On November 13, Prawat won a gold medal again and qualified men's 5000 metres T54.^[11] The last quota of this events won by Orawan Kaising after winning the fourth place in women's 400 metres T20 on November 15.^[12]

Track events

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chaiwat Rattana	100 metres T34	15.87	6
800 metres T34	1:53.75	5	Did not advance
Pongsakorn Paeyo	100 metres T53	14.30 PR	1 Q	14.20 PR
400 metres T53	47.31 PR	1 Q	46.61
800 metres T53	1:40.28 PR	1 Q	1:36.07 PR
Pichet Krungget	100 metres T53	15.30	4 q	15.43	6
400 metres T53	48.70	2 Q	49.96	5
800 metres T53	1:40.90	2 Q	1:40.09	5
Masaberee Arsae	400 metres T53			Did not advance
800 metres T53	1:40.90	2 Q	1:42.09	7
Athiwat Paeng-nuea	100 metres T54	14.00	1 Q	13.76
	400 metres T54	44.87 PR	1 Q	45.73
Saichon Konjen	100 metres T54	14.39	5	did not advance
	400 metres T54	46.49	3 q	46.42	4
	800 metres T54	1:37.08	2 Q	1:34.19
Putharet Khongrak	400 metres T54	47.42	1 Q	47.56	8
	800 metres T54	1:34.96	2 Q	1:35.86	7
	1500 metres T54	2:56.03	4 q	2:50.68
	5000 metres T54	10:11.36	4 q	10:30.37
Prawat Wahoram	800 metres T54	1:33.59	1 Q	1:34.58	6
1500 metres T54	3:03.07	1 Q	2:50.20
5000 metres T54	10:14.91	1 Q	10:30.59	6

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Suneeporn Tanomwong		27.33	2	Did not advance
				Did not advance
Orawan Kaising	400 metres T20	1:03.06	5	Did not advance
Pagjiraporn Gagun		13.25	7	Did not advance
		27.83	5	Did not advance

Field events

Men

Women

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jakarin Homhual	Singles WH1	L (21–23, 16–21)	W (21–19, 17–21, 21–12)		2 Q	L (14–21, 16–21)	did not advance
Dumnern Junthong	Singles WH2	L (21-18, 15-21, 12-21)	L (12–21, 6–21)		3	did not advance
Siripong Teamarrom	Singles SL4	L (7-21, 13-21)	L (17–21, 11–21)	L (17–21, 8–21)	4		did not advance
Jakarin Homhual Dumern Junthong	Doubles WH1–WH2	L (19–21, 12–21)	W (21–11, 21–19)		2 Q		L (18–21, 13–21)	L (18–21, 19–21)	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sujirat Pookkham	Singles WH1	W (21–12, 21–15)	W (21–4, 21–9)	W (21–4, 21–19)	1 Q		W (21–11, 21–7)	L (21–14, 19–21, 13–21)
Amnouy Wetwithan	Singles WH2	W (14–21, 17–21)	L (16–21, 3–21)		2 Q	L (10–21, 15–21)	did not advance
Chanida Srinavakul	Singles SL4	W (22–20, 20–22, 21–13)	W (21–8, 21–16)	L (14–21, 8–21)	2		did not advance
Nipada Saensupa		L (17–21, 10–21)	L (10–21, 0r–0)		3		did not advance
Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	Doubles WH1–WH2	W (21–9, 21–16)	L (16–21, 9–21)		2 Q		L (17–21, 16–21)	W (21–11, 21–12)
Nipada Saensupa Chanida Srinavakul	Doubles SL3–SU5	L (9–21, 13–21)	L (11–21, 17–21)		3		did not advance

Mixed

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification.

Eight National Paralympic Committee quotas and three individual athlete quotas were secured. Any athlete qualified via a National Paralympic Committee quota must participate in pairs and team events. The National Paralympic Committee that qualified in pairs and team events can enter one athlete in each individual event.

Four quotas were secured following success in the 2019 BISFed Boccia Asia/Oceania Championships in Seoul, South Korea.^{[13] [14]} At this event, the winners in each regional championship excluding the host country, Japan in pairs and team events will obtain one qualification slot for their respective National Paralympic Committee not to individual athlete. On July 7, Worawut Saengampa won a gold medal in the event of mixed individual BC1 and made the first quota of Thai boccia.^[15] A quota of mixed team BC1–2 is secured after Thailand won South Korea by 12–1 in the final match with a team made up of Witsanu Huadpradit, Natthawut Deemak, Subin Tipmanee, Worawut Saengampa, and Watcharaphon Vongsa on July 9.^[16]

The BISFed world ranking for the paralympic qualifiers was released on December 31, 2019. For pairs and team events, the six highest ranked, not otherwise qualified, will obtain one qualification slot for their respective National Paralympic Committee. For individual events, the four highest ranked and the highest female athletes whose National Paralympic Committee are not qualified for pairs and team events will obtain one qualification slot via an individual quota. Thailand secured seven quotas from two pairs and five individual events. Three of five are individual athlete quotas by Witsanu Huadpradit in BC1, Worawut Saengampa in BC2, and Pornchok Larpyen in BC4.

Individual

Athletes	Events	Pool matches					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Witsanu Huadpradit	align=left rowspan="2"	Mixed BC1	W 5−4	W 9−4	L 3–3*	W 3−2	2 Q	L 1−6	Did not advance
Subin Tipmanee	L 1−11	L 0−11	W 6−0	L 1−4	5	Did not advance
Worawut Saengampa	align=left rowspan="2"	Mixed BC2	W 16−0	W 2*−2	W 10−4		1 Q	W 8−5	L 3−4	L 3−4	4
Watcharaphon Vongsa	W 9−0	W 14−0	W 10−0		1 Q	W 6−4	W 4−3	L 0−5
Somboon Chaipanich	Mixed BC3	L 0−9	L 1−8	L 0−7		4	Did not advance
Pornchok Larpyen	align=left rowspan="2"	Mixed BC4	W 4−1	W 7−1	W 4−1		1 Q	W 6−3	W 6−3	L 0−4
Ritthikrai Somsanuk	L 1−4	L 0−8	W 9−0		3	Did not advance

Pairs

Athletes	Events	Pool matches					Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Somboon Chaipanich Ladamanee Kla-han Ekkarat Chaemchoi	Mixed BC3	L 2–5	W 4–2	L 1–4	W 7–3	3	did not advance
Ritthikrai Somsanuk Pornchok Larpyen Nuanchan Phonsila	Mixed BC4	W 3–2	W 8–2	L 2–5	L 1–5	3	did not advance

Team

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Thailand have nominated one cyclists to take part in the cycling events at the 2020 Paralympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Phongchai Yanaruedee	Men's road race H1–2		–
	Men's time trial H2	1:30:40.98	6

Football 5-a-side

See main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Thailand qualified to compete in football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics for the first time after Iran withdrew.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Narong Kasanun	Men's -65 kg	155	6
Thongsa Marasri	Men's -72 kg	180	4
Somkhoun Anon	Women's -61 kg	–

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Two Thai shooters competed after qualifying in Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 & Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 events. The shooters are Wiraphon Mansing & Wannipa Leungvilai.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
align=left rowspan="3"	Anuson Chaichamnan	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	620.6	25	Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	632.5	17	Did not advance
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH2	614.7	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="4"	Atidet Intanon	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	607.3	14	Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	1142.0	12	Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	634.1	6 Q	125.4	8
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	612.8	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="2"	Phiraphong Buengbok	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	606.8	15	Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	1112.0	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="4"	Chutima Saenlar	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	603.4	21	Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	1120.0	16	Did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	623.3	44	Did not advance
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	594.9	48	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="4"	Wannipa Leungvilai	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	614.5	12	Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	1147.0	8 Q	395.6	8
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	630.8	20	Did not advance
Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	605.3	43	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Two Thai swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.^{[18] [19]}

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	Phuchit Aingchayaiphum	100 m freestyle	1:20.97	12	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	2:59.32	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan="4"	Charkorn Kaewsri	50 m freestyle S3	55.61	5	Did not advance
50 m backstroke S3	57.81	5	Did not advance
50 m breaststroke SB2			Did not advance
150 m individual medley SM3	3:47.52	9	Did not advance
Voravit Kaewkham	100 m breaststroke SB4	1:57.55	5	Did not advance

Women

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Eight quotas including five in men's and three in women's were secured following success in the 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships in Taichung, Chinese Taipei and ITTF World Ranking Allocation released on 30 June 2020.^{[20] [21] [22]}

Men's singles

Athlete	Events	Preliminary round			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Thirayu Chueawong	Class 2	L 1–3	L 2–3	3	Did not advance				=13
Anurak Laowong	Class 3	L 0–3	L 2–3	3	Did not advance				=15
Yuttajak Glinbancheun		W	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance		=5
Wanchai Chaiwut	Class 4	L 2–3	W 3–2	2 Q	L 0–3	Dis not advance			=9
Rungroj Thainiyom	Class 6	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q		W 3–2	L 1–3	Did not advance
Chalermpong Punpoo	Class 7	L 0–3	L 0–3	3	Did not advance				=11
Komkrit Charitsat	Class 8	L 0–3	L 0–3	3	Did not advance				=15
Phisit Wangphonphathanasiri		L 0–3	W 0–3	2 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance			=9

Women's singles

Athlete	Events	Preliminary round			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Chilchitparyak Bootwansirina	Class 1–2	L 0–3	L 0–3	3		Did not advance			=9
Dararat Asayut	Class 3	L 1–3	W 3–1	2 Q	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance		=5
Wijittra Jaion	Class 4	L 2–3	W 3–0	2 Q	L 2–3	Did not advance			=9
Sringam Panwas	Class 5	L 0–3	W 3–0	2 Q		L 1–3	Did not advance		=5

Men's team

Athletes	Events	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Thirayu Chueawong Yuttajak Glinbancheun Anurak Laowong	Class 3	W 2–0	L 0–2	Did not advance
Rungroj Thainiyom Chalermpong Punpoo	Class 6–7	L 1–2	did not advance		=5
Komkrit Charitsat Phisit Wangphonphathanasiri	Class 8	L 0–2	did not advance		=5

Women's team

Athletes	Events	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Chilchitparyak Bootwansirina Dararat Asayut	Class 1–3	L 1–2	did not advance		=5
Wijittra Jaion Sringam Panwas	Class 4–5	L 0–2	did not advance		=5

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Para taekwondo makes its debut appearance in the Paralympic programme, Khwansuda Phuangkitcha qualified to the 2020 Summer Paralympics via World Ranking.^[23]

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Thailand qualified three players entries for wheelchair tennis. Two of them qualified by world ranking, while the other qualified by received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Suthi Khlongrua	Men's singles	L 6–4, 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance					=33
Banjob Suwan	L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance					=33
Sakhorn Khanthasit	Women's singles		W 6–2, 6–4	L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance			=9
Suthi Khlongrua Banjob Suwan	Men's doubles		L 6–7 (2–7), 3–6	Did not advance				=17

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Thailand qualified one player entry for wheelchair fencing.

Women's individual

Athlete	Events	Preliminary round							Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Saysunee Jana	Èpée Class B	W 5–2	W 5–3	L 1–5	L 4–5	W 5–0	W 5–0	2 Q	W 15–5	L 9–15	W 15–8
	Sabre Class B	W 5–0	L 3–5	W 5–4	W 5–4	L 3–5	4 Q	L 11–15	Did not advance		7

See also

• Thailand at the Paralympics
• Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 World Archery Para Championships Results. 11 July 2019. World Archery. 6 June 2020.
2. Web site: Paralympic Games 2020 Qualification Places. 25 October 2019. World Archery. 6 June 2020.
3. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Procedure. World Archery. 6 June 2020.
4. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Regulations Revised Edition, June 2020. June 2020. International Paralympic Committee. 7 June 2020.
5. Web site: Men's 100m T53 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 8 November 2019.
6. Web site: Men's 400m T53 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 9 November 2019.
7. Web site: Men's 100m T34 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 10 November 2019.
8. Web site: Women's 400m T11 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 11 November 2019.
9. Web site: Men's 1500m T54 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 11 November 2019.
10. Web site: Men's 800m T53 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 12 November 2019.
11. Web site: Men's 5000m T54 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 13 November 2019.
12. Web site: Women's 400m T20 − Final − Results. International Paralympic Committee. 15 November 2019.
13. Web site: Thai boccia athletes land Tokyo 2020 spots. 11 July 2019. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2020.
14. Web site: The secret to Thailand's boccia brilliance. 10 January 2019. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2020.
15. Web site: Hidetaka Sugimura v Worawut Saengampa, Final . 7 July 2019. Boccia International Sports Federation. 8 June 2020.
16. Web site: South Korea v Thailand, Final . 9 July 2019. Boccia International Sports Federation. 8 June 2020.
17. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
18. Web site: Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 24 April 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
19. Web site: 2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. 17 November 2020. International Paralympic Committee.
20. Web site: Rio medalists' hopes alive. 24 July 2019. International Table Tennis Federation.
21. Web site: Nervous moments surprise defeats in Taichung. 24 July 2019. International Table Tennis Federation.
22. Web site: 5 July 2020. List of Para table tennis athletes qualified for Tokyo 2020. International Table Tennis Federation.
23. Web site: 1 January 2020. Athletes qualified for Tokyo 2020 World Rankings. Taekwondo Oezer.