TANASAN Sanikun

Thailand
Weightlifting
23 Dec 1994
28
Female
1.54/5'1''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WLF Weightlifting Women's 49Kg  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Xiaoshan Sports Centre Gymnasium
Women's 49Kg Group A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
5Women's 53kg2018Indonesia199
6Women's 53kg2014Incheon, KOR205
Olympic Games
1Women's 48kg2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA200
World Championships
1Women's 53kg2017Anaheim, CA, USA210
1Women's 53kg - Snatch2017Anaheim, CA, USA96
1Women's 53kg - Clean & Jerk2017Anaheim, CA, USA114
2Women's 53kg2013Wroclaw, POL203
2Women's 53kg - Snatch2013Wroclaw, POL91
4Women's 53kg2015Houston, TX, USA210
4Women's 53kg - Snatch2015Houston, TX, USA95
4Women's 53kg2014Almaty, KAZ208
4Women's 53kg - Snatch2014Almaty, KAZ95
4Women's 53kg - Clean & Jerk2013Wroclaw, POL112
5Women's 53kg - Clean & Jerk2015Houston, TX, USA115
5Women's 53kg - Clean & Jerk2014Almaty, KAZ113
7Women's 49kg - Snatch2022Bogota, COL85
7Women's 53kg - Snatch2011Paris, FRA90
12Women's 53kg2011Paris, FRA196
16Women's 53kg - Clean & Jerk2011Paris, FRA106
NoMWomen's 49kg2022Bogota, COLNoM
NoMWomen's 49kg - Clean & Jerk2022Bogota, COLNoM
DSQWomen's 49kg2018Ashgabat, TKM201 DSQ
DSQWomen's 49kg - Snatch2018Ashgabat, TKM93 DSQ
DSQWomen's 49kg - Clean & Jerk2018Ashgabat, TKM108 DSQ
South East Asian Games
1Women's 49kg2023Phnom Penh, CAM191
2Women's 55kg2021Hanoi, VIE203
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Nan (thairath, 16 Mar 2018; th, 07 Aug 2016)
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Sanikun Tanasan
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Photography, watching films and television series. (Facebook profile, 12 Jun 2023; stadiumth, 04 Nov 2022)
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Athlete
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Education - National Sports University, Bangkok, THA
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Thai
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She suffered a back injury prior to the 2018 Asian Games. She was still able to compete at the tournament in Indonesia. (nationmultimedia, 22 Aug 2018)
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She took up weightlifting in 2006. (tawa, Sep 2014)
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She originally wanted to become a Muay Thai fighter like her father. She then took up weightlifting because she wanted to leave her village in Chumphon, Thailand, and attend a sports school. "I didn't want to do weightlifting because I was scared it would make me ugly, muscular. But I didn't have a choice. The main reason I started lifting is because I didn't want to be bored at home doing nothing. One day I was watching the 2004 Olympics and I saw [Thai weightlifter] Pawina Thongsuk win a gold medal. I told myself, 'I want to be like her'. That's when I made the decision, a really big decision." (asia, 22 Apr 2022; barbend, 03 May 2017)
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Thai weightlifter Pawina Thongsuk. (barbend, 03 May 2017)
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She meditates before going on stage at competitions. (barbend, 03 May 2017)
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"Work hard, find motivation, and don't give up no matter how hard things get." (barbend, 03 May 2017)
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She was named the 2016 Female Lifter of the Year by the International Weightlifting Federation [IWF]. (barbend, 07 Feb 2017)

Additional Information

General
RETURN TO COMPETITION
In November 2022 she spoke about her return to competition following a two-year ban for a doping violation. During her time away from the sport between January 2019 and January 2021, she established a pet food restaurant in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. "There was a question in my head. Shall I go on? Is it possible at this age? But I didn't want to stop serving because of the name attached to the doping test. I didn't want to disappear because of this reason." (stadiumth, 04 Nov 2022)

SANCTION
In January 2019 the International Weightlifting Federation [IWF] announced that she had tested positive for a banned substance in a sample she provided at the 2018 World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. She was banned for two years between 18 Jan 2019 and 17 Jan 2021. (barbend, 24 Jan 2019, IWF, 18 Jan 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in business administration at North Chiang Mai University in Thailand. (Facebook profile, 21 Nov 2022)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event