Prawat Wahoram (Thai: ประวัติ วะโฮรัมย์; 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
editCompeting 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
edit| Year | Venue | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | Rank | ||||||
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| 2020 |  Tokyo, Japan
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800 m T54 | 1:33.59 | 1 Q | — | 1:34.58 | 6 | |||||
| 1500 m T54 | 3:03.07 | 1 Q | 2:50.20 AR | 2 | 
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| 5000 m T54 | 10:14.91 | 1 Q | 10:30.59 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2016 |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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800 m T54 | 1:38.25 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||||
| 1500 m T54 | 3:06.55 | 1 Q | 3:00.63 | 1 | 
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| 5000 m T54 | 10:20.34 | 2 Q | 11:01.71 | 1 |
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| Marathon T54 | — | 1:30:09 | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 × 400 m T53–54 | 3:08.37 | 1 Q | 3:07.73 | 2 |
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| 2012 |  London, United Kingdom
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1500 m T54 | 3:11.31 | 2 Q | 3:12.32 | 2 |
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| 5000 m T54 | 10:56.74 | 3 Q | 11:08.55 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 × 400 m T53–54 | 3:14.29 | 1 q | 3:13.28 | 2 |
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| 2008 |  Beijing, China
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800 m T54 | 1:38.84 | Q | 1:34.59 | Q | 1:37.12 | 3 | 
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| 1500 m T54 | 3:09.24 | Q | 3:00.10 PR | Q | 3:10.68 | 2 |
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| 5000 m T54 | 10:21.31 | Q | — | 10:22.38 | 1 |
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| Marathon T54 | — | DNS | ||||||||||
| 4 × 400 m T53–54 | 3:15.65 | 2 Q | 3:11.63 | 2 |
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| 2004 |  Athens, Greece
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800m T54 | 1:35.93 | 6 q | — | 1:33.03 | 7 | |||||
| 1500m T54 | 3:08.24 | 18 Q | 3:04.85 | 4 q | 3:06.15 | 7 | ||||||
| 5000m T54 | 10:29.43 | 9 Q | — | 10:25.56 | 8 | |||||||
| 10000m T54 | 21:47.93 | 10 Q | 20:52.10 | 2 |
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| 4 × 100 m T53–54 | 51.98 WR | 1 Q | 51.99 | 1 |
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| 4 × 400 m T53–54 | 3:16.56 | 3 Q | 3:12.73 WR | 1 |
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| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Doha, Qatar
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100 m T53 | 15.71 | 3 | — | 16.22 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 200 m T53 | 26.96 | 2 | 26.97 | 2 |
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| 400 m T53 | 51.51 | 2 | 50.42 | 3 |
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| 800 m T53 | 1:47.90 | 2 | 1:44.35 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| 4 × 400 m T53–54 | — | 3.12.22 NR | 2 |
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References
edit- ^ "Athlete profile: Prawat Wahoram". IPC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Tanomkitti, Khlin (2 October 2018). "ประวัติ วะโฮรัมย์ : ตำนานพาราลิมปิกไทยผู้ก้าวเดินด้วยหัวใจจนกลายเป็นประวัติศาสตร์". A Day Magazine (in Thai). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ profile on paralympic.org
- ^ Medallists for Thailand Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2008 Summer Paralympics