Prawat Wahoram

Prawat Wahoram
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Thailand
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney 10000 m T54
2000 Sydney 5000 m T54
2004 Athens 4×100 m T53-54
2004 Athens 4×400 m T53-54
2008 Beijing 5000 m T54
2004 Athens 10000 m T54
2008 Beijing 1500 m T54
2008 Beijing 4×100 m T53-54
2008 Beijing 4×400 m T53-54
2012 London 1500 m T54
2012 London 4×400 m T53-54
2008 Beijing 800 m T54
IPC Athletics World Championships
2015 Doha 4x400 m relay T53-54
2015 Doha 5,000 m T54

Prawat Wahoram (born 24 March 1981) is a Thai athlete and multiple Paralympic gold medallist. He competes mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.[1]

Biography

Prawat competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics at various distances, the 800m, 1500m, 5000m and 10000m where he won a silver medal but it was as part of the successful Thai relay teams that he won his 2 gold medals in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays.[2]

Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on three occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and 10000 m races in the T54 category. At the 2004 Games, he won an individual silver in the 10000 m race, as well as two gold medals in team events.[3] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold (in the 5000 m), three silver and a bronze.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete profile: Prawat Wahoram". IPC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ↑ profile on paralympic.org
  3. ↑ Thailand at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  4. ↑ Medallists for Thailand, official website of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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