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Arwut Chinnapasaen (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]

Arwut Chinnapasaen

Personal information
Full name	Arwut Chinnapasaen
National team	Thailand
Born	(1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 41) Bangkok, Thailand
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Thailand Southeast Asian Games 2003 Hanoi 50 m freestyle 2005 Manila 50 m freestyle 2001 Kuala Lumpur 50 m freestyle 2007 Bangkok 50 m freestyle 2009 Vientiane 50 m freestyle

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.

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