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Born | 1 January 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samnang Prak (born 1 January 1949) is a Cambodian former freestyle swimmer. He competed in three events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1] He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1970 Asian Games.
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