Somluck began his fighting career as a traditional Muay Thai boxer but transitioned to boxing and competed as a featherweight for his gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He has two children.
The boxer who became Thailand’s first Olympic gold medalist has been convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced to just over three years in prison.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the IBA - which ran the Olympic Games' boxing programme - in 2019 because of concerns over its finances, governance, ethics, refereeing and judging.
Somluck Kamsing, the country's first Olympic gold medallist, was sentenced to over three years in prison on Thursday for the abduction and attempted rape of a teenager.