Career
Ponsana played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' singles, defeating Chris Dednam of South Africa and Lee Hyun-il of Korea in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Ponsana defeated Ronald Susilo of Singapore 15-10, 15-1. Ponsana advanced to the semifinals, in which he lost to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia 15-9, 15-2. Playing in the bronze medal match, he again lost to an Indonesian, this time Soni Dwi Kuncoro by a score of 15-11, 17-16 for a fourth place finish.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ponsana was defeated in the Round of 64. In 2004 he won THAILAND OPEN 2004, In 2007 he won the AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE SUPER SERIES 2007, and in 2008 he won the Indian Open Grand prix. Boonsak Ponsana competed in Super Series Final 2009 but he did not qualify for the semi-finals. He played for Thailand in 2009 SEA Games in Laos, bringing bronze for Thailand in men's team.
In 2012, he repeated his successful run at the Singapore Open Super Series beating Zhangming Wang of China in a thrilling two sets match. Prior to his participation in Singapore Open 2012, he suffered from an injury due to which he skipped a few tournaments in 2011, and in 2012 he did not have good results from the tournaments that he participated in, Singapore open must have given him a great mental relief and boost as well as olympic games happens to be around the corner.
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