Somkiat and Atthaya also claim accolades
Badminton star Kunlavut Vitidsarn and taekwondo fighter Panipak Wongpattanakit were on Wednesday named the best male and female amateur athletes of 2022 respectively by the Sports Writers Association of Thailand (Swat).
Motorcycle racer Somkiat Chantra won the best men’s professional award while golfer Atthaya Thitikul took the women’s title.
They were honoured at a ceremony presided over by Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was chairwoman of the event’s organising panel.
Kunlavut, 21, was runner-up at the world championships after losing to Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles final.
He also won two gold medals in the men’s singles and team events at the SEA Games in…
