Pen-ek Karaket

Pen-Ek Karaket (born 18 March 1990, Bangkok) is a Thai taekwondo practitioner who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the under 58 kg weight class.[1] Karaket lost to Lee Dae-Hoon in the first round. As Lee reached the gold medal match, Karaket was entered into the repechage. Karaket beat Tamer Bayoumi to reach the bronze medal match but lost that to Óscar Muñoz of Colombia.[1]

Pen-ek Karaket
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Thailand
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou58 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Astana58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ho Chi Minh City 58 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vientiane58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Jakarta-Palembang63 kg
Asian Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Bangkok58 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Ho Chi Minh City51 kg

Karaket is coached by Thailand's national taekwondo coach Choi Young-Seok. He also competed in the Asian Games 2010 where he earned silver for Thailand.

Karaket graduated from Bodin Decha School in 2007 and graduated from Kasetsart University.

References

  1. "Pen-Ek Karaket Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-06-08.


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