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![]() Kamsing in 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Non Sombun, Ban Phai District (present-day Ban Haet District), Khon Kaen Province, Thailand | January 16, 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Royal Thai Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Somluck Kamsing (name used in the 1996 Summer Olympics) or Somrak Kamsing (Thai: สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์; RTGS: Somrak Khamsing; born January 16, 1973) is a Thai kickboxer and Olympic gold medal-winning amateur boxer. During the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Kamsing lit the torch during the Games' opening ceremony. Kamsing was born in Khon Kaen. His elder brother Somrot Kamsing also competed at the highest level as an amateur boxer.