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Nationality | Thai | ||||||||||||||
Born | 26 June 1962 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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Sarinee Phenglaor (born 26 June 1962), also known as Joan Pheng LaOr or Joan Saline PhengLaOr Murphy, is a Thai athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]
She was the first Penn Quakers track and field women's Olympian, coached by Betty Costanza. [2] [3]
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