Panipak Wongpattanakit



Panipak "Tennis" Wongpattanakit (พาณิภัค วงศ์พัฒนกิจ; ; born 8 August 1997) is a Thai taekwondo athlete. She is currently the top-ranked athlete in the women's 49 kg.

Career
Panipak became a world champion at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, claiming a gold medal in the 46 kg event which was her first world title. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class during her first Olympic appearance for Thailand. She nearly quit taekwondo out of frustration after the Olympics and took a brief break from the sport for about two months.

She claimed a bronze medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed her first Asian Games gold medal during the 2018 Asian Games in women's 49kg event. She won the gold medal in the women's flyweight event during the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships. She was awarded the Female Athlete of the Year by the World Taekwondo during the 2019 World Taekwondo Gala Awards.

She also represented Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics and claimed a gold medal in the women's 49kg event. This win also became the first Olympic gold medal win for Thailand in taekwondo. Panipak was also awarded Thailand's first and only gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

She won the silver medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the Rome Grand Prix in June 2023, she won her tenth gold medal in the women's 49 kg event, making her the first athlete to do so.

Royal decorations

 * 2020 – Order of the Direkgunabhorn 3rd class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Companion (Third Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn
 * 2017 – Order of the Direkgunabhorn 4th class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Companion (Fourth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn
 * 2014 – Order of the Direkgunabhorn 5th class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Companion (Fifth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn