Arwut Chinnapasaen Explained
| Arwut Chinnapasaen |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| Fullname: | Arwut Chinnapasaen |
| Strokes: | Freestyle |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Height: | 1.870NaN0 |
| Weight: | 750NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | no |
Arwut Chinnapasaen (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]
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.
Notes and References
- Arwut Chinnapasaen. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808001536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/arwut-chinnapasaen-1.html. dead. 8 August 2017. 24 April 2013.
- News: Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games . https://archive.today/20130630100435/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6374.asp . dead . 30 June 2013 . . 10 December 2003 . 22 April 2013 .
- News: Yeo Makes It Five Golds in SEA Games Pool. Arab News. 3 December 2005. 26 April 2013.
- Web site: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
- Web site: Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 6. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
- News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out . . 19 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204025/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7897.asp . 29 October 2013 .
- Web site: St Andrews Staff Profile: Arwut Chinnapasaen (Head of Aquatics). www.nordangliaeducation.com. St Andrews International School Bangkok. 2016-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919124428/http://www.nordangliaeducation.com/our-schools/bangkok/our-staff/meet-our-staff/high-school/physical-education/arwut-chinnapasaen. 2016-09-19. dead.
