Pilin Tachakittiranan Explained

Pilin Tachakittiranan
Fullname:Pilin Tachakittiranan
Strokes:Freestyle, butterfly
Birth Date:14 June 1983
Birth Place:Bangkok, Thailand
Height:1.740NaN0
Weight:600NaN0
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Pilin Tachakittiranan (Thai: ไพลิน เตชะกฤตธีระนันท์; born June 14, 1983) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a multiple-time age-group record holder in all freestyle distances (except 1500 m). Regarded as Thailand's top female swimmer, she has won a total of five gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games (2003 and 2005).

Tachakittiranan made her first Thai team, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance into the succeeding round in any of her individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 50 m freestyle (27.31), thirtieth in the 200 m freestyle (2:05.88), and thirty-ninth each in the 100 m freestyle (58.69) and 400 m freestyle (4:29.28).[2] [3] [4] [5]

At the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tachakittiranan dominated the pool for Thailand by claiming a total of three gold medals in the 200, 400, and 800 m freestyle.[6] [7]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tachakittiranan shortened her swimming program, focusing only on the 200 and 400 m freestyle. She posted FINA B-standard entry times of 2:06.19 (200 m freestyle) and 4:21.67 (400 m freestyle) from the SEA Games.[8] [9] On the second day of the Games, Tachakittiranan placed thirty-fourth overall in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat one, she picked up a third seed by nearly two seconds behind winner Paola Duguet of Colombia in 4:23.62.[10] [11] In her second event, 200 m freestyle, Tachakittiranan ended her Olympic run with a thirty-fifth-place effort from the preliminaries. She posted a lifetime best of 2:05.29 to lead the first heat against Chinese Taipei's Yang Chin-Kuei and Kazakhstan's Yuliya Rissik.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Pilin Tachakittiranan. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/pilin-tachakittiranan-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 29 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 5. Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. 165. 19 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2. Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. 174. 19 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 3. Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. 183. 19 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2. Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. 189. 19 April 2013.
  6. News: Yeo, Sirisanont and Lim Lead Southeast Asian Games With Three Gold Medals Apiece. Swimming World Magazine. 9 December 2003. 29 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130630101919/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6370.asp. 30 June 2013.
  7. News: Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games. Swimming World Magazine. 10 December 2003. 29 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130630100435/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6374.asp. 30 June 2013.
  8. Web site: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 26 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 26 April 2013.
  10. Web site: Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  11. News: Thomas. Stephen. Women's 400 Freestyle Prelims: France's Manaudou Powers to 4:06.76 to Lead a Fast, Wide-Open Field for the Final. https://archive.today/20130630092214/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7812.asp. dead. 30 June 2013. Swimming World Magazine. 15 August 2004. 26 April 2013.
  12. Web site: Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 16 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  13. News: Thomas. Stephen. Women's 200 Freestyle, Prelims Day 3: Dana Vollmer Stakes Her Claim as Fastest Qualifier, Benko Also Through to Evening Round. Swimming World Magazine. 16 August 2004. 26 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130630093238/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7832.asp. 30 June 2013.

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