Supachai Koysub (born 15 July 1977) is an

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

and

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from

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competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.

Biography

He competed in the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

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, Australia. There he won a gold medal in the men's 200 metres – T54 event, a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre relay – T54 event, a silver medal in the men's 4 × 400 metre relay – T54 event, finished fourth in the men's 100 metres – T54 event and went out in the semi-finals of the men's 800 metres – T54 event. He also competed at the

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 ...

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre relay – T53–54 event, a gold medal in the men's 4 × 400 metre relay – T53–54 event, was disqualified in the men's 100 metres – T54 event, finished fourth in the men's 200 metres – T54 event and finished seventh in the men's 400 metres – T54 event. He also competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre relay – T53–54 event, a silver medal in the men's 4 × 400 metre relay – T53–54 event, a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres – T54 event, went out in the first round of the men's 200 metres – T54 event and finished sixth in the men's 400 metres – T54 event

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