Vilayphone Vongphachanh

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Vilayphone Vongphachanh
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Laos.svg  Laos
Born (1989-04-26) April 26, 1989 (age 31)
Laos
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
StrokesFreestyle

Vilayphone Vongphachanh (born April 26, 1989) is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer. [1] As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle. [1] [2] She also swam at the 2008 Olympics.

In 2004, she had the slowest time out of all 73 women in the event, 36.57 seconds. [2] Her result was typical for Laos, which up to the 2004 games, has (with one exception) always placed last or next to last in every event it has competed in. [3] In Laos, she was only able to train in a pool half the size of a standard Olympic size swimming pool, and like other Laotian athletes had limited times to do so. [3] Sue Maci of Parade attributed the poor results to Laos being one of the ten poorest countries in the world. [3]

Previously, in 2003, she competed in the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. [4] [5] She ranked 98 out of 100 (finishers) in the 50m freestyle, and 57 out of 58 in the 50m breaststroke. [4] [5]

As of 2006 Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a swimming judge for the FINA Masters [6]

In 2008, she finished 84th out of 92 swimmers with a time of 34.79 seconds, once again, she failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

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References

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