Nontapat Panchan

Olympic fencer
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IntroOlympic fencer
PlacesThailand
isAthlete Fencer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth23 November 1981, Bangkok, Thailand
Age43 years
Star signSagittarius
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Biography

Nontapat Panchan (Thai: นนทพัฒน์ ปานจันทร์; Nonthaphat Panchan; born November 23, 1981 in Bangkok) is a Thai foil fencer. Panchan had won nine medals - 5 Golds and 1 Silver in Individual Men's Foil, 2 Golds, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze in the Men's Team Foil event Southeast Asian Games 2001 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2003 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2005 in Manila, Philippines, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, 2011 in Palembang, Indonesia, and 2015 in Singapore. He is also a two-time NCAA champion (2002 and 2003). Nontapat graduated with an Economics Degree from Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania, under a full scholarship grant.

Panchan represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's individual foil event. He lost the first preliminary round match to Poland's Sławomir Mocek, with a score of 7–15.

Panchan is currently running his own fencing club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Blade Club Fencing.

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