Puripol Boonson
Personal information
NicknameBew
Born (2006-01-13) 13 January 2006
Surin, Thailand
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
Country Thailand
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 meters, 200 meters
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Thailand
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Hangzhou100 m
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Bangkok4×100 m relay
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Hanoi 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Hanoi 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Hanoi 4×100 m relay
Asian U18 Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kuwait 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kuwait 200 m

Puripol Boonson (Thai: ภูริพล บุญสอน, born 13 January 2006) is a Thai sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. His 200 metres time is the Southeast Asian Games record.[2]

Career

2022

Puripol Boonson first exploits took place during the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Where he clinching the gold in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay.

On 3 June 2022, he established in Yecheon the National record of 4x100 m in 38.56 s with Chayut Khongprasit, Siripol Punpa and Soraoat Dapbang.

With a national record of 20.19 s (+1.7m/s) run in Almaty (KAZ) on 26 June 2022, he realised the AU20R and AU18R. Becoming the third-best youth performance ever, trailing only Erriyon Knighton and Usain Bolt.

This stellar performance earned him a ticket to the 2022 World Athletics Championships, but the Thai Athletics Federation opted to save him for the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.

On 2 August 2022, he broke the under-18 World Best Performances of the 100 m with 10.09 s (+0.7 m/s) at the semi-finals of the 2022 World Athletics U20 championships in Cali (Christian Miller of the U.S. recently edged out this record in July 2023, finishing in 10.06 seconds.). He finishes fourth of the final with 10.12 s (+0.8 m/s)

2023

In the unfortunate turn of events at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games, Boonson suffered a hamstring injury during the 200 meters final. This setback forced him to withdraw from the competition, subsequently sidelining him from the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships.

Returning to the track gradually after his injury, in July 2023, at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Boonson competed in the 4x100m relay event, winning the gold medal with a time of 38.55 seconds. This outstanding performance not only set a new national record, but also a new championship record.

On 30 September 2023, he competed in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, during the 100m semi-final, he matched the under-18 World Best Performances he had lost earlier in the year, clocking in at 10.06 seconds. In the final, he won the silver with a time of 10.02 seconds, although the wind was too favourable for his record to be officially recognized.[3]

Concerned about a recurrence of his injury, Boonson, despite qualifying for the 200m semi-finals, only covered a few meters before withdrawing from the race. He chose to conserve himself for the 4x100m relay.[4]

In the relay final, he finished in 4th place with a time of 38.81 seconds, just seven hundredths of a second shy of the bronze medal claimed by South Korea.

Achievements

Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

DistanceTime (s)WindLocationDateNotes
100 meters 10.06 +1.4 m/s Hangzhou, China September 30, 2023 WYB, NR
10.02 w +2.4 m/s Hangzhou, China September 30, 2023 Wind-assisted
200 meters 20.19 +1.7 m/s Almaty, Kazakhstan June 26, 2022 AU20R, NR

International competitions

Representing  Thailand
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2022 SEA Games Hanoi, Viet Nam 1st 100 m 10.44
1st 200 m 20.37 GR
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.58
World U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 4th 100 m 10.12
8th (sf) 200 m 20.61
17th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 42.09 SB
2022 Asian U18 Athletics Championships Kuwait City, Kuwait 1st 100 m 10.33 CR
1st 200 m 21.53
2023 SEA Games Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 200 m DNF
- 100 m DNS
2023 Asian Athletics Championships Bangkok, Thailand 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.55 CR, NR
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 2nd 100 m 10.02 w
- (sf) 200 m DNF
4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.81

Circuit wins

References

  1. "BOONSON Puripol". Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee.
  2. "SEA Games: Thai teen Puripol claims 100m gold; Singapore's Louis is third | the Straits Times". The Straits Times. 18 May 2022.
  3. Ransom, Ian (2023-09-30). "China's Xie wins the 100 metres at the Asian Games". The Courier. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  4. "Asian Games 2023 athletics: Puripol Boonson fails to finish men's 200m semis with 4x100m relay in mind". olympics.com. 1 October 2023.
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