Komet Sukprasert

Thai BMX rider (born 2000)

Komet Sukprasert
Personal information
Born (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)[1]
Team information
DisciplineBMX racing
Medal record
Representing  Thailand
Men's BMX racing
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou BMX racing

Komet Sukprasert (born 12 June 2000) is a Thai BMX racer. A multiple-time Asian champion and medalist at the 2022 Asian Games, he was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

He won gold at the 2019 SEA Games in Tagaytay, Philippines, in both the BMX race and BMX time trial.[2]

He won the ACC BMX champion for the first time in August 2022 in Nilai, Malaysia, to also become his country's first Asian Champion in the discipline.[3][4] He won a silver medal at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in 2023.[5]

He won his third consecutive Asian title winning the men's elite event of the Asian BMX Continental Championships in 2024.[6] He qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.[7] He was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Komet Sukprasert". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Teenage Komet's second title takes cycling haul to six golds". Bangkok Post. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ "2022 for the UCI World Cycling Centre's BMX Racing group: a UCI World Champion and more". uci.org. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Thai ace breaks Japan dominance in ACC BMX 2022". Bernama. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Japanese Asuma Nakai wins BMX cycling gold at Hangzhou Asiad". news.cn. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Komet secures his third straight Asian BMX title". Bangkok Post. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Komet targets triple crown at Asian meet". Bangkok Post. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Direction Paris 2024 for UCI World Cycling Centre athletes". uci.org. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.


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Thailand Thailand at the 2024 Summer Olympics
  • 1 Gold
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    Rank: 44
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