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{{Short description|Thai weightlifter (born 1981)}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{THA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg|&ndash; 53&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 World Weightlifting Championships|2003 Vancouver]]|&ndash; 53&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 World Weightlifting Championships|2002 Warsaw]]|&ndash; 53&nbsp;kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Weightlifting at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|&ndash; 53 kg}}
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| honorific_suffix= [[Order of the Direkgunabhorn|TBh]]
| allegiance= {{flag|Thailand}}
| rank= [[File:RTA OF-3 (Major).svg|15px]] [[Military ranks of the Thai armed forces|Major]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanook.com/news/2058674/|title=ทบ.พิจารณาบรรจุนักยกน้ำหนักหญิงเข้าเป็นทหาร|date=31 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.siamsport.co.th/other/other/view/34676|title = ฮีโร่เหล่านี้อยู่ที่ไหน ? ตามหา 12 จอมพลัง ผู้พิชิตเหรียญอลป|date = November 2017}}</ref>
| branch= {{flagicon image|Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg}} [[Royal Thai Army]]
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[[Major (rank)|Major]] '''Udomporn Polsak''' ({{langx|th|อุดมพร พลศักดิ์}} {{RTGS|''Udomphon Phonsak''}}; born October 6, 1981) is a Thai [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]].

Udomporn Polsak was born in [[Nakhon Ratchasima]]. She graduated from the [[Bangkok]] College of Physical Education. She won a silver medal in combined lifts at the [[2002 Asian Games]], bronze at the [[2002 World Weightlifting Championships|2002 World Championships]], and gold at the [[2003 Southeast Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13017410_ITM |title=Golden future for Nong Orn. |work=[[Bangkok Post]] |publisher=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire |date=August 17, 2004 |access-date=January 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215160337/http://accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13017410_ITM |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="IAT">{{cite web|title=Polsak Udomporn (THA)|publisher=IAT Weightlifting Database|url=http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=C2FEF4E689554481B20EE34ABD4C7F99}}</ref>

At the [[2003 World Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada, she won a gold medal, with 100&nbsp;kg in the [[snatch (weightlifting)|snatch]] and a 222.5&nbsp;kg total.<ref>[http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=polsak-udomporn-1981-10-06&id=584 Polsak, Udomporn]. IWF. Retrieved September 30, 2015.</ref>

She was named 2003 Thai Athlete of the Year by the Sports Authority of Thailand.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19740504_ITM |title=Tavarit, Udomporn voted best athletes of the year. |work=Bangkok Post |publisher=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire |date=December 17, 2003 |access-date=January 22, 2009 |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215160424/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-19740504_ITM |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]] she became the first Thai woman to win an Olympic gold medal, with 97.5&nbsp;kg snatching and 222.5&nbsp;kg&nbsp;total.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/weightlifting/3567534.stm|title=Udomporn makes Thai history|department=BBC Sport|date=August 15, 2004|access-date=January 22, 2009}}</ref>

She was given the honor to be the [[torch lighter]] at the [[2007 Southeast Asian Games]], held in her country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/sports/AS-SPT-SEA-Games.php |title=Thailand adds more gold as SEA Games officially open |publisher=[[International Herald Tribune]] |date=January 6, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2009 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217045109/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/sports/AS-SPT-SEA-Games.php |archive-date=February 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
* {{IWF}}
* {{IWRP}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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