# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/payao-poontarat
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:41:51.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/payao-poontarat"
name: "Payao Poontarat"
slug: "payao-poontarat"
description: "Payao Poontarat was a Thai boxer who, at the age of 18, won the bronze medal in the men's Light flyweight (-48 kg) category at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was the first Thai athlete to win an Olympic medal in any sport. After retiring from boxing, Payao Poontarat briefly competed in Muay Thai. His professional Muay Thai record is 10-3-1."
tagline: "Thai boxer, politician (1957-2006)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1957-10-18"
deathDate: "2006-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6271777003484322
  historical:           13.74431333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Паяо Пултарат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Payao Pooltarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phayao Phoontharat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payao_Poontarat"
    title: "Payao Poontarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Payao Poontarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Payao Poontarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Payao Poontarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Payao Poontarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Payao Poontarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Поонтарат, Паяо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Payao Poontarat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump