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Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (Thai: ชลธร วรธำรง; born September 8, 1980) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a six-time medalist at the Southeast Asian Games (2001, 2003, and 2005).

Chonlathorn Vorathamrong

Personal information
Full name	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong
National team	Thailand
Born	(1980-09-08) 8 September 1980 (age 41)
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Thailand Southeast Asian Games 2003 Hanoi 100 m backstroke 2003 Hanoi 200 m backstroke 2005 Manila 200 m backstroke 2005 Manila 100 m backstroke

Vorathamrong made her first Thai team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to reach the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing thirty-fifth in the 100 m backstroke (1:05.98), and thirty-second in the 200 m backstroke (2:21.59).[2][3][4]

At the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Vorathamrong won a total of two gold medals in the 100 m backstroke (1:05.47), and 200 m backstroke (2:19.11).[5][6]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Vorathamrong maintained her program, competing again in the 100 and 200 m backstroke. She posted FINA B-standard entry times of 1:05.47 (100 m backstroke) and 2:19.11 (200 m backstroke) from the SEA Games.[5][7][8] In the 100 m backstroke, Vorathamrong challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 14-year-olds Anastassiya Prilepa of Kazakhstan and Olga Gnedovskaya of Uzbekistan. She posted a lifetime best of 1:05.15 to take a second spot and thirty-second overall by 0.23 of a second ahead of Turkey's Derya Erke.[9][10] In the 200 m backstroke, Vorathamrong placed twenty-ninth overall from the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in the same heat as her first, she raced to seventh place by a 7.04-second margin behind winner Evelyn Verrasztó of Hungary, in a time of 2:21.11.[11][12]

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