Dhawee Umponmaha
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Dhawee Umponmaha is a Thai
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. At the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

 he won a silver medal in the men's Light Welterweight category.

In Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 his name is Khaopong Sitthichuchai

Olympic results

  • Defeated Jaslal Pradhan (India) 5-0
  • Defeated Charles Owiso (Kenya) 3-2
  • Defeated Dave Griffiths (Great Britain) 4-1
  • Defeated Jorge Maysonet (Puerto Rico) 5-0
  • Defeated Mircea Fulger
    Mircea Fulger
    Mircea Fulger is a retired boxer from Romania. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's light welterweight division...

     (Romania) 5-0
  • Lost to Jerry Page
    Jerry Page
    Jerry Louis Page was an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics...

    (United States) 0-5
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