Thailand at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Thailand at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | THA | ||||||||
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Thailand | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 54 in 15 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ratchanok Intanon | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 35th |
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Thailand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1952, Thai athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support of the US-led boycott.
The National Olympic Committee of Thailand fielded a team of 54 athletes, 26 men and 28 women, to compete in fifteen sports at the Games. It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, sharing the same roster size with those who attended the Tokyo Games in 1964. Thailand roster marked its Olympic debut in women's boxing, BMX cycling, golf (new to the 2016 Games), and men's table tennis. Moreover, it registered more female athletes than males for only the second time in history.
Fourteen athletes on the Thai roster competed at London 2012, including badminton star Boonsak Ponsana (men's singles) and table tennis player Nanthana Komwong, who both made their historic fifth Olympic appearance as the most experienced competitors of the team. Apart from the veterans, four more Thai athletes also topped the roster lineup to make their third Olympic appearance, namely welterweight boxer Sailom Adi, freestyle swimmer Natthanan Junkrajang, pistol shooter Tanyaporn Prucksakorn, and world's top-ranked skeet shooter Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit. Other notable Thai athletes included professional golfer Ariya Jutanugarn, who became the first for her country to capture the major championship title, and world's top four badminton player Ratchanok Intanon (women's singles), who was named as the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, the first by a female in history.
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