Sasithorn Hongprasert
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Nationality | Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bangkok, Thailand | 13 June 1984|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sasithorn Hongprasert (Thai: ศศิธร หงษ์ประเสริฐ; born June 13, 1984, in Bangkok) is a Thai sport shooter.[1] She won a gold medal for the rifle three positions at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, coincidentally in her home city Bangkok, with a score of 669.5 points.[2]
Hongprasert represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two rifle shooting events, along with her teammate Thanyalak Chotphibunsin. She placed thirty-sixth out of forty-seven shooters in the women's 10 m air rifle, with a total score of 390 points.[3] Nearly a week later, Hongprasert competed for her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 191 targets in a prone position, 185 in standing, and 190 in kneeling, for a total score of 565 points, finishing only in forty-first place.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sasithorn Hongprasert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ Lim, Teik Huat (30 November 2007). "Shooting: Outdoor atmosphere costs Nur Suryani a second gold". The Associated Press. The Star Online (Malaysia). Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Sasithorn Hongprasert at the NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-16)
- Sasithorn Hongprasert at Olympics.com
- Sasithorn Hongprasert at Olympedia
- Thai female sport shooters
- Living people
- Olympic shooters for Thailand
- Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bangkok
- 1984 births
- Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games
- SEA Games gold medalists for Thailand
- SEA Games silver medalists for Thailand
- SEA Games medalists in shooting
- Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
- Asian Games competitors for Thailand
- 21st-century Thai sportswomen
- Thai sport shooting biography stubs