Pichet Krungget (born 16 March 1975) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.

Career

Has won five Paralympic medals over 2 games. His first was a bronze in the T53 200m in

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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

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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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* 1975 births Living people Pichet Krungget Pichet Krungget Pichet Krungget Pichet Krungget Pichet Krungget Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Pichet Krungget Pichet Krungget Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games {{Paralympic-medalist-stub