Prawat Wahoram Explained

Prawat Wahoram
Nickname:Wat
Native Name:ประวัติ วะโฮรัมย์
Birth Date:24 March 1981
Birth Place:Sa Kaeo, Thailand
Disability:Impaired muscle power
Disability Class:T54
Paralympics:2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020

Prawat Wahoram (; born 24 March 1981) is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events.[1] He competed for Thailand in six Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2020 and got the total of seven gold, eight silver, and one bronze medals. He is considered the most successful Thai Paralympic athlete.[2]

Career

Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on six 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.

Wahoram competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics at various distances, the 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and 10000 m race. He won an individual silver in the 10000 m race, as well as two gold medals in team events in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the 5000 metres event as well as three silver and one bronze medals.[4]

Major results

YearVenueEventsHeatSemifinalFinalRank
width=60Timewidth=60Rankwidth=60Timewidth=60Rankwidth=60Timewidth=60Rank
Paralympic Games
Tokyo, Japan 1:33.59 1 Q colspan =2 rowspan=3 1:34.58 6
3:03.07 1 Q 2:50.20 2
10:14.91 1 Q 10:30.59 6
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1:38.255colspan =2 rowspan=8 Did not advance
3:06.55 1 Q 3:00.63 1
10:20.34 2 Q 11:01.71 1
colspan =2 1:30:095
3:08.37 1 Q 3:07.73 2
London, United Kingdom 3:11.31 2 Q 3:12.32 2
10:56.74 3 Q 11:08.55 5
3:14.29 1 q 3:13.28 2
Beijing, China 1:38.84 Q 1:34.59 Q 1:37.12 3
3:09.24 Q3:00.10 PRQ 3:10.68 2
10:21.31 Q colspan =2 rowspan=3 10:22.38 1
colspan =2 DNS
3:15.65 2 Q 3:11.63 2
Athens, Greece

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete profile: Prawat Wahoram. 31 October 2015. IPC.
  2. Web site: Tanomkitti . Khlin . ประวัติ วะโฮรัมย์ : ตำนานพาราลิมปิกไทยผู้ก้าวเดินด้วยหัวใจจนกลายเป็นประวัติศาสตร์ . A Day Magazine . 31 August 2021 . th . 2 October 2018.
  3. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&Medal=all&npc=all&name=Wahorum&fname=Prawat&gender=all profile on paralympic.org
  4. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/GL/92A/THA_T.shtml Medallists for Thailand