Chonlathorn Vorathamrong

Chonlathorn Vorathamrong

Personal information
Full name	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong
National team	Thailand
Born	8 September 1980
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Thailand Southeast Asian Games 2003 Hanoi 100 m backstroke 2003 Hanoi 200 m backstroke 2005 Manila 200 m backstroke 2005 Manila 100 m backstroke

Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (Thai: ชลธร วรธำรง; born September 8, 1980) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.^[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a six-time medalist at the Southeast Asian Games (2001, 2003, and 2005).

Vorathamrong made her first Thai team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to reach the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing thirty-fifth in the 100 m backstroke (1:05.98), and thirty-second in the 200 m backstroke (2:21.59).^[2][3][4]

At the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Vorathamrong won a total of two gold medals in the 100 m backstroke (1:05.47), and 200 m backstroke (2:19.11).^[5][6]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Vorathamrong maintained her program, competing again in the 100 and 200 m backstroke. She posted FINA B-standard entry times of 1:05.47 (100 m backstroke) and 2:19.11 (200 m backstroke) from the SEA Games.^[5][7][8] In the 100 m backstroke, Vorathamrong challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 14-year-olds Anastassiya Prilepa of Kazakhstan and Olga Gnedovskaya of Uzbekistan. She posted a lifetime best of 1:05.15 to take a second spot and thirty-second overall by 0.23 of a second ahead of Turkey's Derya Erke.^[9][10] In the 200 m backstroke, Vorathamrong placed twenty-ninth overall from the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in the same heat as her first, she raced to seventh place by a 7.04-second margin behind winner Evelyn Verrasztó of Hungary, in a time of 2:21.11.^[11][12]

References

1. "Chonlathorn Vorathamrong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
2. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 291. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 299. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
4. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
5. "Yeo, Sirisanont and Lim Lead Southeast Asian Games With Three Gold Medals Apiece". Swimming World Magazine. 9 December 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
6. "Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 10 December 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
7. "Swimming – Women's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
8. "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
9. "Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
10. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women’s 100 Backstroke Prelims: France's Manaudou Fastest in 1:01.27; Natalie Coughlin, Haley Cope Move Through to Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
11. "Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
12. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Women’s 200 Backstroke, Day 6 Prelims: Top Seeds Komarova and Nakamura Qualify Fastest". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2013.