Laotian swimmer
Vilayphone Vongphachanh
Nationality Laos Born (1989-04-26 ) April 26, 1989 (age 35) Laos Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle
Vilayphone Vongphachanh (born April 26, 1989) is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer .[ 1]
As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle .[ 1] [ 2] She also swam at the 2008 Olympics .
In 2004, she had the slowest time out of all 73 women in the event, 36.57 seconds.[ 2]
Her result was typical for Laos, which up to the 2004 games, has (with one exception) always placed last or next to last in every event it has competed in.[ 3]
In Laos, she was only able to train in a pool half the size of a standard Olympic size swimming pool , and like other Laotian athletes had limited times to do so.[ 3] Sue Maci of Parade attributed the poor results to Laos being one of the ten poorest countries in the world.[ 3]
Previously, in 2003, she competed in the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain .[ 4] [ 5] She ranked 98 out of 100 (finishers) in the 50m freestyle, and 57 out of 58 in the 50m breaststroke .[ 4] [ 5]
As of 2006 Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a swimming judge for the FINA Masters[ 6]
In 2008, she finished 84th out of 92 swimmers with a time of 34.79 seconds, once again, she failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
References
^ a b "Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, Vilayphone Vongphachanh - - Yahoo! Sports" [permanent dead link ] , Yahoo! ; URL accessed May 23, 2006.
^ a b "Women's 50m freestyle results" , BBC News , August 21, 2004.
^ a b c Macy, Sue, "Make The Olympics A Family Affair" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , Parade , August 8, 2004
^ a b "10th FINA World Championships: BARCELONA 2003 (PDF)" , originally published by FINA and hosted by the Polish Swimming Federation (at polswim.pl); URL accessed May 23, 2006.
^ a b "2003 FINA World Championships Day 7 Prelims " , Swimming World magazine , July 26, 2003.
^ "FINA masters officials - list no 7 (1.7.05 - 31.12.08)" Archived June 30, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , FINA ; URL accessed May 24, 2006.
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