Camsing, Somroth

Somrot Kamsing was born on September 24, 1971 in the Muang Ampha of Khonken province. He began to actively engage in boxing from early childhood on the instructions of his father, later he served in the Thai Navy and at the same time continued training. He began his sports career as a Muay Thai fighter, performed under the pseudonym Pimaran Sitharan ( Thai. พิมพ์ อรัญ ศิษย์ อรัญ ), but ultimately decided to switch to amateur Olympic boxing.

In 1993, he joined the Thai national team and played at the Mayor’s Cup in Manila, however, he could not get here among the winners.

The first serious success at the international level was achieved in the 1995 season, when he visited the Asian Championship in Tashkent and defeated all his rivals in the standings of the minimum weight category, including defeating the current champion from Venezuela Mansueto Velasco in the final, thereby winning the gold award dignity. In addition, he won the home games of Southeast Asia in Chiang Mai , became the silver medalist of the World War Games in Rome, and won the Acropolis Cup in Athens.

Thanks to a series of successful appearances, Kamsing was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta . In the standings of the weight category up to 48 kg, the first two rivals, the Turkish Yashar Giritli and the Romanian Sabin Bornei, successfully passed, but at the quarter-finals stage with a score of 6:18, he was defeated by the representative of Bulgaria Daniel Petrov , who ultimately won the Games.

After the Olympics in the United States, Somrot Kamsing for some time remained in the main team of the Thai boxing team and continued to take part in major international tournaments. So, in 1997, rising to flyweight, he performed at the King’s Cup in Bangkok, became the silver medalist of the President’s Cup in Indonesia. The last time he boxed in the international arena in the 1998 season, was among the participants in the King’s Cup, but did not reach the prize positions. Soon after the end of these competitions, he decided to end his sports career, losing his place in the national team to young Thai boxers ^[1] .

Subsequently, he served in the Thai police, had the rank of lieutenant. He also carried out coaching activities, prepared a number of talented amateur boxers.

His younger brother Somluk Kamsing is an equally famous boxer - Olympic champion, two-time Asian Games champion, champion of the Southeast Asian Games.

• Somrot Kamsing - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com