Career
Maneepong Jongjit began to attract attention when he competed as a junior with Bodin Issara in Men"s Doubles. Together they made the transition to Doubles as senior competitors. Their top result came at the 2012 India Open where they defeated Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong in the final.
Maneepong Jongjit and Bodin Issara competed together at the London 2012 Olympics, where they lost in the quarter final.
Maneepong and Nipitphon were awarded the victory as their opponents were disqualified after a brawl broke out between the former partners. In Mixed Doubles Jongjit competes with Savitree Amitrapai, but they have yet to reach a Super Series final.
The former partners who had unresolved issues with each other prior to the match started abusing each other vocally during the first game. This led Issara to begin chasing down Jongit across the arena.
As an act of self-defense while running away from Issara, Jongit swung his badminton racquet to the side of Issara"s head causing his right ear to bleed and require stitches.
Issara eventually caught up with Jongit, who fell to the floor on the adjacent court, and began hitting, punching and kicking him. The two were eventually broken up by Issara"s partner and their coach. As a result, both players received a sanction from the Badminton World Federation and from the Badminton Association of Thailand.
Issara, the more physically abusive one among the two, was banned for 2 years from participating in any international tournaments.
Jongjit, who provoked Issara during the match, was banned for 3 months. In addition, Issara and Vilailak received a black card during the event meaning disqualification from the tournament and the tournament victory was awarded to Jongjit and Puangpuapech.