Suban Pannon (Thai: สุบรรณ พันโนน; RTGSSuban Phannon; born May 10, 1978, in Khon Kaen) is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.

Suban Pannon
Personal information
Full nameสุุบรรณ พันโนน
Nationality Thailand
Born (1978-05-10) May 10, 1978 (age 45)
Mueang Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen Province
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classLight flyweight
ClubRoyal Thai Navy, Bangkok
Medal record
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Houston Light flyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Light flyweight
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Light flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Light flyweight
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seremban Light flyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Light flyweight

Career edit

Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He claimed the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.

He participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he was beaten in the second round of the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division by Ukraine's Valeriy Sydorenko. In this fight he lost because his ankle sprained during the bout.

At the 2002 Asian Games he medaled again.

He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was stopped in the second round by Cuba's eventual winner Yan Bartelemí. Pannon qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he lost to Tajikistan's Sherali Dostiev.

In 2005 Pannon competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia, with one win and one loss. He competed at the 2006 Asian Games in the Light Flyweight (-48 kg) division and won the silver medal in a lost match against China's Zou Shiming 1-11.[1]

Currently, he is a boxing coach for Thailand national amateur boxing team including a coach for the Myanmar national amateur boxing team for a while.[2] For Thailand national team whose his students include Sudaporn Seesondee, who won a bronze medal in the women's Lightweight (-60 kg) division at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

References edit

Notes
  1. ^ Light flyweight final bout results
  2. ^ macky (2015-06-09). "สุบรรณ พันโนน โค้ชพม่า หัวใจไทย!!". smmsport (in Thai). Retrieved 2017-09-03.
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