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Arwut Chinnapasaen

Arwut Chinnapasaen

Thai swimmer (born 1980)


Arwut Chinnapasaen OLY (Thai: อาวุธ ชินนภาแสน; born December 3, 1980; nickname: 'X') is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He claimed two gold medals in the 50 m freestyle at the Southeast Asian Games (2003 and 2005), before losing out to Daniel Coakley of the Philippines in 2007.[2][3]

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Chinnapasaen qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.20 from the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.[2][4] He challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including three-time Olympian Julio Santos of Ecuador. He raced to sixth place by one hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Cyprus' Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou in 23.52. Chinnapasaen failed to advance into the semifinals, as he matched a forty-sixth place tie with SEA Games medalist and former rival Allen Ong of Malaysia in the preliminaries.[5][6]

Chinnapasaen is currently Head of Aquatics at St Andrews International School Bangkok.[7] He has been a swimming coach at St Andrews since August 2015.


References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arwut Chinnapasaen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. "Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 10 December 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. "Yeo Makes It Five Golds in SEA Games Pool". Arab News. 3 December 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 6". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. "St Andrews Staff Profile: Arwut Chinnapasaen (Head of Aquatics)". www.nordangliaeducation.com. St Andrews International School Bangkok. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-09.

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