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Nationality | Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bangkok, Thailand | 13 June 1984|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10 m air rifle (AR40) 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sasithorn Hongprasert (Thai: ศศิธร หงษ์ประเสริฐ; born June 13, 1984, in Bangkok) is a Thai sport shooter.[1] She won a gold medal for the rifle three positions at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, coincidentally in her home city Bangkok, with a score of 669.5 points.[2]
Hongprasert represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two rifle shooting events, along with her teammate Thanyalak Chotphibunsin. She placed thirty-sixth out of forty-seven shooters in the women's 10 m air rifle, with a total score of 390 points.[3] Nearly a week later, Hongprasert competed for her second event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, where she was able to shoot 191 targets in a prone position, 185 in standing, and 190 in kneeling, for a total score of 565 points, finishing only in forty-first place.[4]