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Born | 16 March 1975 49) | (age||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pichet Krungget (born 16 March 1975) [1] [2] [3] is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Has won five Paralympic medals over 2 games. His first was a bronze in the T53 200m in 2004 Summer Paralympics where he also helped the Thai team to two gold medals in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m as well as competing in the individual 100m and 400m races. Four years later in Beijing he competed in the individual 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m and with his teammates won silver medals in both the relays, finishing behind the Chinese in both.
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