Bounthanom Vongphachanh

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Bounthanom Vongphachanh
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Full nameBounthanom Vongphachanh
National teamFlag of Laos.svg  Laos
Born (1980-11-09) 9 November 1980 (age 40)
Vientiane, Laos
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Bounthanom Vongphachanh (born November 9, 1980 in Vientiane, Laos) is a Laotian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] Vongphachanh qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 28.45. [2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-old Malique Williams of Antigua and Barbuda. He posted a lifetime best of 28.17 to earn a third spot by a 1.42-second margin behind winner Anderson Bonabart of Micronesia. Vongphachanh failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-seventh overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries. [3] [4]

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References

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