The boxer who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison.

Somluck Kamsing, 52, was sentenced to over three years in prison after being found guilty of attempted rape and abduction of a minor. The retired boxer, who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist in 1996,

Somluck Kamsing won featherweight title at Atlanta Games in 1996, but is now better known as actor on Thai television.

A Thai court on Thursday sentenced the country's first Olympic gold medallist to just over three years in prison for the abduction and attempted rape of a teenager.

BANGKOK (AP) — The boxer who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison.

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.

Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist, Somrak Kamsing, 52, has been sentenced to three years, one month, and 10 days in prison for sexual offenses against a minor.

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