Palmy (Thita) Lamsam (born 17 January 2000) is a Thai former figure skater. She is a five-time Thai national champion (2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020) and a 2016 FBMA Trophy bronze medalist. She competed in the final segment of two ISU Championships – the 2016 Four Continents, finishing 22nd, and the 2018 Four Continents, finishing 23rd.
Biography Lamsam became interested in figure skating after watching the movie Ice Princess. As there were no rinks in Thailand at the time, she and her sister would pretend to skate in their socks. She was able to begin skating at age 7 and often trained in the United States during holiday breaks.
She was the first Thai skater to qualify for the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Lamsam studied at Michigan State University in the United States, then took a gap year to focus on figure skating before beginning the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Northwestern University. In 2021, she appeared on The Iron Butterfly, a podcast hosted by fellow figure skater Polina Edmunds, where she discussed mental health struggles she went through as a competitor, including an eating disorder.
She retired from competition in February 2023. She is now a licensed therapist.
Programs SeasonShort ProgramFree Skating2021–2022 Adios Nonino Memoirs of a Geisha 2017–2018 The Tale of Princess Kaguya The Phantom of the Opera 2016–2017 Save My Soul Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend 2015–2016 Cinderella Red Violin Fire Dance 2014–2015 2013–2014 I Got Rhythm Giselle Variation 2009–2010 Carmen
Results CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 Four Continents 22nd 23rd Alpen Trophy 29th Finlandia 25th Golden Spin 14th WD Nebelhorn 28th WD 36th Asian Games 17th Asian Open 5th 8th WD FBMA Trophy 3rd 14th 5th Hellmut Seibt 14th NRW Trophy 10th Skate Helena 12th SEA Games 6th 4th Winter Universiade 27th International: Junior Junior Worlds 38th 43rd 43rd Canada 20th Croatia 23rd 21st Czech Republic 13th 17th France 17th Latvia 32nd Poland 27th Asian Open 6th 11th Dragon Trophy 7th 22nd Dubai Golden Cup 1st Skate Celje 12th Triglav Trophy 21st National Thai Champ. 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st Thai Junior Champ. 1st
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