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| Full name | Arwut Chinnapasaen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 December 1980 Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arwut Chinnapasaen OLY (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.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Arwut Chinnapasaen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 10 December 2003. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "Yeo Makes It Five Golds in SEA Games Pool". Arab News. 3 December 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 6". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "St Andrews Staff Profile: Arwut Chinnapasaen (Head of Aquatics)". www.nordangliaeducation.com. St Andrews International School Bangkok. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-09.