🇹🇭 Sanya Phonthip

Won men's wakeboard gold at his first SEA Games in 2019, and competes on both wakeboard and wakeskate.

Sanya Phonthip (also spelled Phontip) is a Thai cable rider who competes in both wakeboard and wakeskate, and has contested both in the open men's class. He made his name at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines, after the Thai squad had prepared for around six months at Thai Wake Park Lumlukka in Pathum Thani, according to Matichon.

The wake events took place at Deca Wakeboard Park in Clark from 6 to 8 December 2019. On the final day Sanya won men's wakeboard gold in his first SEA Games appearance, one of two Thai wakeboard golds that day alongside Patcharaporn Junnguluam in the women's event. Thailand also took silver in both wakeskate events and in the mixed team cableski.

In 2022 he was second in both Open Men wakeboard and Open Men wakeskate at the Phuket Wake Park round of the Singha national series, which selected the team for that year's home World Championships. At those Worlds, held at ESC Thai Wake Park, he entered both disciplines and finished fifth in his Open Men wakeboard qualifying group, Thai media reported.

Key results

Style & career

A two-board rider: he contests both wakeboard and wakeskate at open level, and placed second in both at the same 2022 national round.

Sources & credits

Checked against official results and sports media. Details riders self-report on their IWWF profiles are labelled as such. Images on this page are AI illustrations, not photos of the athletes, out of respect for their image rights.

1. Daily News – 2022 IWWF Cable Worlds, qualifying (wakeboard)
2. Daily News – 2022 IWWF Cable Worlds, qualifying (wakeskate)
3. Daily News – Singha Thailand Championships 2022, round 2 (Phuket)
4. Wikipedia – Waterskiing at the 2019 SEA Games
5. The Bangkok Insight – Thai wakeboard golds at SEA Games 2019
6. Matichon – Thai wakeboard squad for SEA Games 2019