Panipak became a world champion at the
2015 World Taekwondo Championships, claiming a gold medal in the 46 kg event which was her first world title. She claimed a bronze medal at the
2016 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class during her first
Olympic appearance for Thailand. She nearly quit taekwondo out of frustration after the Olympics and took a brief break from the sport for about two months. She claimed a bronze medal in the
women's flyweight event at the
2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She claimed her first
Asian Games gold medal during the
2018 Asian Games in
women's 49kg event. She won the gold medal in the
women's flyweight event during the
2019 World Taekwondo Championships. She also represented
Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics and claimed a gold medal in the
women's 49kg event. This win also became the first Olympic gold medal win for Thailand in taekwondo. Panipak was also awarded Thailand's first and only gold medal at the
2020 Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal in the
women's flyweight event at the
2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the
Rome Grand Prix in June 2023, she won her tenth gold medal in the women's 49 kg event, making her the first athlete to do so. In
the 2024 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal again in
the women's taekwondo 49kg category, becoming the first Thai athlete to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals and the first Thai three consecutive Olympic medalist. Before the tournament, she announced that this would be her last match, as the training was too intense for her body. ==Personal life==