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The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...
Thailand has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002. The National Olympic Committee of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King was created in 1948 and recognized in 1950. Thailand won its first medal at the 1976 Games in Montreal, when boxer Payao Poontarat took home a bronze in the Men's Light Flyweight ...
By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932, 1984 and 2028 Summer Olympics ...
The first well-known major athlete to light the cauldron was nine-time Olympic champion Paavo Nurmi at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Other famous final torch bearers include 1960 decathlon gold medallist Rafer Johnson, who became the first person of African descent to light the cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics, [1] French football star Michel Platini (), heavyweight boxing champion ...
Thailand entered five boxers (two men and three women) into the Olympic tournament. 2018 Asian Games and world silver medalist Sudaporn Seesondee (women's lightweight) and teenagers Thitisan Panmot (men's flyweight) and Baison Manikon (women's welterweight), with men's featherweight boxer Chatchai Butdee going to his third consecutive Games ...
As of 2024, no Burmese athlete has ever won an Olympic medal. [1] Kay Thi Win placed fourth in Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg. The National Olympic Committee for Myanmar was created in 1946 by Zaw Weik and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.
The present Vietnam Olympic Committee was formed in 1976 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1979. Vietnam has never competed in the Winter Olympics. Vietnam won its first medal at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, when Trần Hiếu Ngân took home a silver in Taekwondo in the Women's -57 kg category.
Thi Thi Win (born 23 July 1971) is an archer from Myanmar. She represented Myanmar in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Career.