Arwut Chinnapasaen ( th, อาวุธ ชินนภาแสน; born December 3, 1980; nickname: 'X') is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He claimed two gold medals in the 50 m freestyle at the Southeast Asian Games (2003 and 2005), before losing out to Daniel Coakley of the Philippines in 2007. Chinnapasaen qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the

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in Athens, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.20 from the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. He challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including three-time Olympian

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of Ecuador. He raced to sixth place by one hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Cyprus'

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in 23.52. Chinnapasaen failed to advance into the semifinals, as he matched a forty-sixth place tie with SEA Games medalist and former rival Allen Ong of Malaysia in the preliminaries. Chinnapasaen is currently Head of Aquatics at

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. He has been a swimming coach at St Andrews since August 2015.

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Arwut Chinnapasaen Arwut Chinnapasaen ( th, อาวุธ ชินนภาแสน; born December 3, 1980; nickname: 'X') is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He claimed two gold medals in the 50 m freestyle at the Southeast As ...

Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games

SEA Games medalists in swimming

Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games

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