Thailand first participated at the FISU World University Games (formally the Universiade until 2020) in 1985, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Games since then. Thailand has also participated in the Winter Games since 2007, except 2015 Games in Granada and Štrbské Pleso.
Thailand won its first medal at the 2001 Summer Games in Beijing, when the women's national volleyball team took home a bronze in the Women's Team event. Thailand's first gold medal would also come in taekwondo at the 2005 Summer Games in İzmir, when Phichet Phibunkhanrak won the Men's 72 kg event. Since then, Thai athletes have won gold medals at every subsequent Summer Games with the exception of the 2009 Games in Belgrade.
Thailand also won its first medal in the Winter Games at the 2023 Games in Lake Placid, when the freestyle skier Paul Vieuxtemps took home a bronze in the Men's Slopestyle event.
The University Sports Board of Thailand was created and recognized by the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) in 1967.
As of 2023, Thai athletes have won a total of 124 medals in the Summer Games and another 2 in the Winter Games. Thailand's most successful Games to date were the 2007 Summer Games in home, as Bangkok acted as host city, where they won thirty medals, of which thirteen of them were gold.
Hosted Games Thailand has hosted the Games on one occasion.
Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 2007 Summer Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 8–18 August 2007 151 6,093 766
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1959 Turin did not participate 1961 Sofia 1963 Porto Alegre 1965 Budapest 1967 Tokyo 1970 Turin 1973 Moscow 1975 Rome 1977 Sofia 1979 Mexico City 1981 Bucharest 1983 Edmonton 1985 Kobe 0 0 0 0 − 1987 Zagreb 0 0 0 0 − 1989 Duisburg 0 0 0 0 − 1991 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 − 1993 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 − 1995 Fukuoka 0 0 0 0 − 1997 Sicily 0 0 0 0 − 1999 Palma 0 0 0 0 − 2001 Beijing 0 0 1 1 45 2003 Daegu 0 0 3 3 42 2005 İzmir 1 1 1 3 31 2007 Bangkok 13 7 10 30 6 2009 Belgrade 0 1 6 7 48 2011 Shenzhen 7 2 9 18 9 2013 Kazan 3 6 7 16 19 2015 Gwangju 2 7 9 18 20 2017 Taipei 2 5 6 13 27 2019 Naples 1 0 4 5 33 2021 Chengdu 2 4 6 12 21 2025 Rhine-Ruhr 2 4 4 10 21 2027 Chungcheong future events 2029 North Carolina Total 33 36 65 134 27
Medals by Winter Games GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1960 Chamonix did not participate 1962 Villars 1964 Špindlerův Mlýn 1966 Sestriere 1968 Innsbruck 1970 Rovaniemi 1972 Lake Placid 1975 Livigno 1978 Špindlerův Mlýn 1981 Jaca 1983 Sofia 1985 Belluno 1987 Štrbské Pleso 1989 Sofia 1991 Sapporo 1993 Zakopane 1995 Jaca 1997 Muju 1999 Poprad 2001 Zakopane 2003 Tarvisio 2005 Innsbruck 2007 Turin 0 0 0 0 − 2009 Harbin 0 0 0 0 − 2011 Erzurum 0 0 0 0 − 2013 Trentino 0 0 0 0 − 2015 Štrbské Pleso/ 2015 Granada did not participate 2017 Almaty 0 0 0 0 − 2019 Krasnoyarsk 0 0 0 0 − 2023 Lake Placid 0 1 1 2 21 2025 Turin 0 0 0 0 − Total 0 1 1 2 45
Medals by Summer Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 3 2 7 6 3 16 25 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 5 10 8 23 0 0 2 2 10 7 15 32 5 7 6 18 0 0 2 2 1 4 7 12 0 0 1 1 Total 30 33 61 124
Medals by Winter Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 1 2 Total 0 1 1 2
List of medalists Medalists by Summer Games Medal Name Games Sport Event Beijing 2001 Volleyball Women's tournament Daegu 2003 Taekwondo Men's 54 kg Daegu 2003 Taekwondo Women's 51 kg Daegu 2003 Tennis Men's doubles İzmir 2005 Taekwondo Men's 72 kg İzmir 2005 Taekwondo Women's 51 kg İzmir 2005 Taekwondo Women's 59 kg Bangkok 2007 Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay Bangkok 2007 Athletics Women's javelin throw Bangkok 2007 Badminton Men's singles Bangkok 2007 Badminton Men's doubles Bangkok 2007 Badminton Mixed team Bangkok 2007 Golf Men's team Bangkok 2007 Shooting Women's double trap Bangkok 2007 Shooting Women's team 50 m rifle prone Bangkok 2007 Taekwondo Men's 54 kg Bangkok 2007 Taekwondo Men's 72 kg Bangkok 2007 Taekwondo Women's 47 kg Bangkok 2007 Tennis Men's singles Bangkok 2007 Tennis Men's doubles Bangkok 2007 Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay Bangkok 2007 Shooting Men's double trap Bangkok 2007 Shooting Women's skeet Bangkok 2007 Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Bangkok 2007 Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Bangkok 2007 Taekwondo Women's 51 kg Bangkok 2007 Taekwondo Women's 59 kg Bangkok 2007 Badminton Men's singles Bangkok 2007 Badminton Women's singles Bangkok 2007 Badminton Men's doubles Bangkok 2007 Badminton Women's doubles Bangkok 2007 Badminton Mixed doubles Bangkok 2007 Football Men's tournament Bangkok 2007 Shooting Men's team 25 m standard pistol Bangkok 2007 Shooting Women's team 50 m rifle three positions Bangkok 2007 Table tennis Women's singles Belgrade 2009 Taekwondo Women's 63 kg Belgrade 2009 Taekwondo Men's 54 kg Belgrade 2009 Taekwondo Men's 67 kg Belgrade 2009 Taekwondo Men's 72 kg Belgrade 2009 Taekwondo Women's 51 kg Belgrade 2009 Taekwondo Women's 55 kg Belgrade 2009 Taekwondo Women's +72 kg Shenzhen 2011 Badminton Men's singles Shenzhen 2011 Badminton Men's doubles Shenzhen 2011 Shooting Women's 25 m pistol Shenzhen 2011 Taekwondo Men's 54 kg Shenzhen 2011 Tennis Women's singles Shenzhen 2011 Tennis Women's team Shenzhen 2011 Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Shenzhen 2011 Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Shenzhen 2011 Tennis Women's singles Shenzhen 2011 Badminton Women's doubles Shenzhen 2011 Badminton Mixed doubles Shenzhen 2011 Badminton Mixed team Shenzhen 2011 Shooting Men's team 25 m standard pistol Shenzhen 2011 Shooting Women's team 50 m rifle prone Shenzhen 2011 Tennis Mixed doubles Shenzhen 2011 Weightlifting Men's 62 kg Shenzhen 2011 Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Shenzhen 2011 Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Kazan 2013 Badminton Men's singles Kazan 2013 Shooting Women's skeet Kazan 2013 Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Kazan 2013 Shooting Women's 50 m rifle prone Kazan 2013 Shooting Women's team 50 m rifle prone Kazan 2013 Shooting Women's team skeet Kazan 2013 Tennis Women's doubles Kazan 2013 Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Kazan 2013 Weightlifting Women's +75 kg Kazan 2013 Badminton Women's singles Kazan 2013 Badminton Mixed team Kazan 2013 Shooting Women's 25 m pistol Kazan 2013 Shooting Women's team 10 m air pistol Kazan 2013 Volleyball Women's tournament Kazan 2013 Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Gwangju 2015 Shooting Women's team 50 m rifle prone Gwangju 2015 Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Gwangju 2015 Badminton Women's singles Gwangju 2015 Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Gwangju 2015 Shooting Women's team 10 m air pistol Gwangju 2015 Shooting Women's team 25 m pistol Gwangju 2015 Taekwondo Women's 46 kg Gwangju 2015 Tennis Women's singles Gwangju 2015 Tennis Women's team Gwangju 2015 Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay Gwangju 2015 Badminton Men's doubles Gwangju 2015 Badminton Mixed team Gwangju 2015 Golf Men's individual Gwangju 2015 Golf Women's individual Gwangju 2015 Shooting Women's 50 m rifle prone Gwangju 2015 Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Gwangju 2015 Tennis Women's singles Gwangju 2015 Tennis Women's doubles Taipei 2017 Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Taipei 2017 Tennis Women's singles Taipei 2017 Badminton Women's doubles Taipei 2017 Tennis Women's doubles Taipei 2017 Tennis Women's team Taipei 2017 Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Taipei 2017 Weightlifting Women's +90 kg Taipei 2017 Badminton Men's singles Taipei 2017 Badminton Mixed team Taipei 2017 Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Taipei 2017 Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Taipei 2017 Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Taipei 2017 Tennis Women's singles Naples 2019 Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Naples 2019 Athletics Men's decathlon Sakuna LaosungnoenPhenkanya PhaisankiattikunOrnawee Srisahakit Naples 2019 Taekwondo Women's Team Poomsae Naples 2019 Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Naples 2019 Tennis Women's singles
Medalists by Winter Games Medal Name Games Sport Event 2023 Lake Placid Freestyle skiing Men's big air 2023 Lake Placid Freestyle skiing Men's slopestyle
See also
Olympics Thailand at the Olympics Thailand at the Youth Olympics Paralympics Thailand at the Paralympics Deaflympics Thailand at the Deaflympics Asian Games Thailand at the Asian Games Thailand at the Asian Para Games Southeast Asian Games Thailand at the Southeast Asian Games
World Games Thailand at the World Games
References
External links
FISU History at the FISU