Thailand at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Thailand
IOC code	THA
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Thailand
Website	www.olympicthai.or.th (in Thai and English)
in Gangwon, South Korea 19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors	20 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Thanakorn Ngoeichai & Agnese Campeol
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2020 2024

Thailand competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This was Thailand's second appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed debuted at the previous edition in 2020.

The National Olympic Committee of Thailand fielded a team of 20 athletes, 8 men and 12 women, to compete in 8 sports.^[1] It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Games. Thailand marked its debut in biathlon, bobsleigh, freestyle skiing, luge, skeleton, and snowboarding.

Biathlete Thanakorn Ngoeichai and bobsledder Agnese Campeol were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2]

On January 22, bobsledder Agnese Campeol earned the silver medal in the women's monobob, becoming the first Thai athlete and Southeast Asian athlete to win a Winter Youth Olympic medal.^[3] This was the third Winter Youth Olympic medal by a tropical nation, after Colombia's silver medal in 2020 and Brazil's bronze medal in 2024.^[4]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	1	3	4
Bobsleigh	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1
Luge	1	1	2
Short track speed skating	1	1	2
Skeleton	0	2	2
Snowboarding	1	0	1
Total	8	12	20

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Agnese Campeol	Bobsleigh	Women's monobob	22 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified two alpine skiers (one per gender).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pattarapol Saengdaeng	Men's slalom	1:02.04	59	1:11.04	39	2:13.08	39
	Men's giant slalom	1:04.58	61	56.92	46	2:01.50	46
Phichayaporn Thipkesorn	Women's slalom	1:29.25	59	2:13.08	44	2:54.29	44
	Women's giant slalom	1:16.16	52	1:18.71	41	2:34.87	41

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified four biathletes (one men and three women).

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Thanakorn Ngoeichai	Men's sprint	33:27.9	6 (1+5)	96
	Men's individual	57:32.6	11 (3+3+3+2)	93
Jariyawadee Udomlap	Women's sprint	33:30.2	8 (5+3)	87
	Women's individual	1:05:19.0	17 (4+4+4+5)	96
Parichat Bunmani	Women's sprint	32:50.4	8 (3+5)	86
	Women's individual	1:28:10.1	20 (5+5+5+5)	98
Phitchapha Northong	Women's sprint	33:33.5	10 (5+5)	88
	Women's individual	1:00:33.7	13 (3+3+3+4)	95

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified two bobsledders (one per gender).^[6][7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kitthamet Palakai	Men's monobob	55.46	9	55.61	6	1:51.07	7
Agnese Campeol	Women's monobob	56.84	2	57.33	3	1:54.17

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified four cross-country skier (two per gender).^[8]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Naravich Saisuk	Men's 7.5 km classical	—	25:52.6	69
	Men's sprint freestyle	3:38.20	64	Did not advance
Thanatip Bunrit	Men's 7.5 km classical	—	26:31.2	71
	Men's sprint freestyle	3:48.47	73	Did not advance
Kanyawat Limsamutchaikul	Women's 7.5 km classical	—	31:46.4	65
	Women's sprint freestyle	4:39.17	66	Did not advance
Kingkan Duangjumpa	Women's 7.5 km classical	—	30:03.0	61
	Women's sprint freestyle	4:14.18	57	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kanyawat Limsamutchaikul Kingkan Duangjumpa Naravich Saisuk Thanatip Bunrit	Mixed relay	1:10:17.0	23

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified one freestyle skier (one women).^[9]

Athlete	Event	Group Heat		Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Score	Rank	Opponent Score	Opponent Score
Natcha Frenkel	Women's dual moguls	8	4	Did not advance		16

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified two lugers (one per gender).^[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thiraphat Sata	Men's singles	48.779	18	48.769	20	1:37.548	20
Sunita Chaiyapantho	Women's singles	51.407	28	51.504	27	1:42.911	26

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified two short track speed skaters (one per gender)^[12][13]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chonlachart Taprom	500 m	1:08.040	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:32.316	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—		2:49.322	5	Did not advance
Punpreeda Prempreecha	500 m	47.029	4	Did not advance
	1000 m	1:39.344	4	Did not advance
	1500 m	—		2:27.267	2 Q	2:33.336	6	Did not advance

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified two skeleton racers (two women).^[14]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maturada Kanram	Women's	1:01.90	18	1:01.65	18	2:03.55	18
Phonchanan Pongsak		57.45	14	58.63	16	1:56.08	14

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Thailand qualified one snowboarder (one men).

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Lubpawath Chayametisurat	Men's big air	Did not satrt					Did not advance
	Men's slopestyle	Did not satrt					Did not advance

See also

• Thailand at the 2024 Summer Olympics

References

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