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Queen Suthida shines on ice at Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan, during the women's Asian ice hockey championship in October 2026. Video courtesy of IIHF
Queen Suthida (in blue) takes to the ice during a friendly match between Thailand and China in Bangkok in October 2024.
Captaining the Thai women's team, she scored the opening goal three minutes into the game, which ended in a 6-6 draw.
She became the International Ice Hockey Federation's first global ambassador for women's ice hockey in October 2024, helping promote female participation in the sport.
The queen (middle) competes with Team Vayu at the 52 Super Series Sailing Week in Mallorca, Spain, in 2024.
She helped the crew analyze wind conditions and adjust racing tactics, drawing on her aviation experience.
Miles Seddon, a navigator of the Team Vayu talks about his impression for having Her Majesty Queen Suthida of Thailand joining the team on board at the sailing competition Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week. Video courtesy of Royal World Thailand
Queen Suthida competes as navigator and strategist for Thailand's sailing team at the 33rd SEA Games in Chonburi Province in December 2025.
Making her SEA Games debut at 47, she helped Thailand secure gold in the mixed keelboat SSL47 event.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn presents the gold medal to Queen Suthida after Thailand's sailing team victory at the 33rd SEA Games on Dec. 17, 2025.
Queen Suthida participates in a royal sailing event at Ratchaprapha Dam Reservoir in Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand in July as part of celebrations marking her 48th birthday on June 3.
Queen Suthida runs alongside Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge during the Amazing Thailand Marathon in Bangkok on Nov. 30, 2025.
She completed the 21.1-kilometer half marathon in two hours, 13 minutes and 40 seconds. She had also joined Kipchoge for the final 10 kilometers of the same event a year earlier.
The queen participates in the 10-kilometer CIB RUN near Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport in December 2023 where she finished in one hour, one minute and 45 seconds.
Queen Suthida and King Maha Vajiralongkorn ride a tandem recumbent tricycle during the opening of a cycling park in Phichit Province, northern Thailand, on March 23, 2024.
The royal couple also joined members of the public for a 10.28-kilometer ride.
During the same event, the queen (at the front) demonstrated her BMX cycling skills, riding over obstacles of varying heights on a newly opened course.
Born on June 3, 1978, Suthida worked as a flight attendant before joining the military and training as a pilot.
She married King Maha Vajiralongkorn in May 2019, shortly before his coronation.
As seen in the video, Queen Suthida piloted a royal Boeing 737 from Bangkok to Japan on Oct. 14, for an official visit in her role as the International Ice Hockey Federation's global ambassador for women's ice hockey. Earlier this month, she also completed her first solo flight in a Royal Thai Air Force Gripen fighter jet, becoming Thailand's first female Gripen pilot.
