Sasikarn Tongchan
{{short description|Thai taekwondo practitioner (born 2003)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Sasikarn Tongchan
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| nickname = Baitoey
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|19 September 2003}}
| birth_place = Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
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| height = 171cm
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| sport = Taekwondo
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| coach = Choi Young-seok
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{{MedalCountry | {{THA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition| Asian Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2024 Da Nang | 62 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2022 Chuncheon | 62 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Cambodia|-62 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Vietnam|-62kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}
{{MedalGold| 2021 Chengdu | -62 kg}}
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Sasikarn Tongchan (born 19 September 2003) is a Thai taekwondo practitioner. She won a gold medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in the -62kg category.{{cite web|title=Sasikarn Tongchan
|website=Eurosport|accessdate=8 August 2024|url=https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/athletes/profile/tongchan-sasikarn-1902855/}}
Career
She won a silver medal at the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in a May 2022.{{cite web|url= https://seagames-en.vnanet.vn/anh-bao-chi/3218564.html|website=seagames.ner|accessdate=8 August 2024|title= SEA Games 31: VN taekwondo grabs more combat gold|date=9 May 2022}}{{cite news|date=20 May 2022|accessdate=8 August 2024|title= Thai star Panipak a cut above the rest|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/2312842/thai-star-panipak-a-cut-above-the-rest.|website=Bangkok Post}} In June 2022, she won a bronze medal in the 62kg category at the 2022 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea.{{cite web|url= https://mgronline.com/sport/detail/9650000060958|website=mgronline|accessdate=8 August 2024|title= New rules are a disaster! Thai Taekwondo without medals at the end of the Asian Championships|date=27 Jun 2022 }}{{cite web|date=28 June 2022|accessdate=8 August 2024|url= https://ch3plus.com/news/sport/morning/298182|website=ch3plus.com|title= เทควันโดไทยไร้ทอง ปิดฉาก 'ชิงแชมป์เอเชีย' ด้าน 'บิ๊กเอ' ลุยแจ้งความมิจฉาชีพตุ๋นเงิน หลอกติดทีมชาติ|language=Thai}}
She won gold in Cambodia at the Taekwondo at the 2023 SEA Games in the 62kg division in May 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/2570360/panipak-stars-as-thai-taekwondo-team-hits-goldmine|website=Bangkok Post|accessdate=8 August 2024|title= Panipak stars as Thai taekwondo team hits goldmine|date=14 May 2023}} In August 2023, she won gold in the 62kg at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu.{{cite web|url= https://www.fisu.net/2023/08/02/taekwondo-is-a-way-of-life-for-gold-medalists/|website=fisu.net|accessdate=8 August 2024|title= Taekwondo is a way of life for gold medalists|date=2 August 2023}}
In February 2024, she won the Turkish Open in Antalya.{{cite web|url=https://www.pptvhd36.com/sport/news/217071|website=pptvhd36.com|accessdate=8 August 2024|title= "Sasikan" made a name for herself by winning gold at the 2024 Turkish Open Taekwondo.|date=14 February 2024}} She won a gold medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam, in the -62kg category.{{cite web|url= https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1145452/taekwondo-asian-championships-recap|website=Inside the Games|accessdate=8 August 2024|title= Asian Taekwondo Championships: South Korea and Iran win team titles|first= Rafael |last=Khalatyan|date= 20 May 2024}} She entered the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament and earned a place at the upcoming Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://thestandard.co/banlung-sasikarn-olympic-2024/|date=15 March 2024|title= หยู บัลลังก์ และ ใบเตย ศศิกานต์ โชว์ฟอร์มเก่ง คว้าตั๋วลุยศึกโอลิมปิกเกมส์ 2024|language=Thai|website=thestandard.co|accessdate=8 August 2024}} She was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite web|url= https://thepattayanews.com/2024/08/08/tennis-panipak-wins-second-olympic-gold-in-taekwondo-at-paris-2024/|website=thepattanews.com|accessdate=8 August 2024|title=Tennis Panipak Wins Second Olympic Gold in Taekwondo at Paris 2024|first=Kittisak|last=Phalaharn|date=8 August 2024}}
References
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