PTT Group proudly joins in donating money to support Thai athletes to win the 2024 Olympics

PTT Group proudly presents financial support to Thai athletes to win the 2024 Olympics, strengthening Thai society and enhancing Thai sports potential to the international level. Today (August 15, 2024) - Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang, Chief Executive Officer and President of PTT Public Company Limited (PTT), along with senior executives and PTT Group employees, organized the 'Together for Thai Olympic Heroes' activity to congratulate and thank the Thai athletes for bringing joy and pride to Thais at the 33rd Olympic Games in Paris, France. They also provided financial support to the athletes, coaches, the Taekwondo Association of Thailand, and the Boxing Association of Thailand, which are part of the sports associations supported by PTT, totaling over 4,500,000 baht in prize money at the PTT Headquarters, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Bangkok. PTT provided financial support to encourage and support 'Nong Tennis' Ms. Panipak Wongpattanakit who set a record by winning 2 Olympic gold medals and 3 Olympic medals, totali ng 2,000,000 baht. "Nong B" Ms. Chanchaem Suwanpheng, the winner of the Olympic bronze medal in women's boxing for Thailand, 66 kg category, 1,000,000 baht; "Coach Che" Mr. Chatchai Che, head coach of the Thai national taekwondo team who has made outstanding achievements in producing Thai national taekwondo athletes continuously for over 20 years, 500,000 baht; including financial support for the taekwondo coaching team and athletes, as well as the coaching team and boxing athletes, another 500,000 baht for each association. In addition, PTT Group companies, including PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, Thai Oil Public Company Limited, IRPC Public Company Limited, PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited, Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited, PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited, also gave gifts to encourage the athletes. Dr. Kongkrapan said that PTT Group would like to congratulate and thank the athletes, coaches and all staff who are the representatives of the Th ai national team in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and have given great happiness and pride to Thai people throughout the past. Supporting the country's sports is something that PTT Group has always given importance to and has been doing continuously. In the past, PTT Group has supported 20 sports associations according to the Memorandum of Understanding to support sports associations, state enterprises and the private sector to drive the country's Soft Power policy in sports under a budget of 200 million baht for a period of 4 years (2024-2027) to plan the long-term development of athletes in a comprehensive, efficient and sustainable manner. The Taekwondo Association of Thailand and the Boxing Association of Thailand are the 2 associations under such support. PTT Group is very proud to have been a part in supporting the Thai athletes together with all Thai people until they achieved success at the international level, in line with PTT's vision to create strength together with Thai society to develop and enhan ce the country's sports potential by using sports as a creative force for society and creating new generations of youth and athletes to represent Thailand in international competitions. Source: Thai News Agency