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and she narrowly missed out on a medal, scoring 5630 points for fourth place. She won the

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in the heptathlon at the

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and won a

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/400 m hurdles double at the following edition in

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. She was fifth in the 400 m hurdles at the

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. The

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provided her an opportunity to compete against top African opposition. Winatho was her region's best performer in the 400 m – taking the

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behind Estie Wittstock and

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– and won a second bronze in the 400 m hurdles. Another hurdles bronze came at the

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in

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. Her final competition of the year was the

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. Her attempt to retain her titles failed as she did not start the 400 m final, but she won silver in the 400 m hurdles behind Malaysia's Noraseela Mohd Khalid and anchored the Thai women's

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team to the bronze medal. Making her fourth straight appearance at the regional event, Winatho took a clear victory in the 400 m hurdles at the

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in November. She also helped the Thai women to second place in the relay. The following February she entered the

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at the

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on home turf in

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. She saw off challenges from

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and Liu Haili to claim the title with a competition record of 4431 points. The

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saw her come fourth in the 400 m hurdles, beaten to the bronze by Mohd Khalid. She failed to finish the pentathlon at the

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, but still won a medal in the relay, anchoring home the Thai team to a national indoor record of 3:38.25 minutes. Winatho won an unprecedented triple at the

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held in

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. She won golds for Thailand in the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m relay, but her best performance came in the heptathlon. Setting personal bests in every discipline but the 100 metres hurdles, she significantly improved upon her best with a total of 5889 points for a Thai and Games record. This was also the Olympic "B" standard, enabling her to compete at the

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. Winatho produced a pentathlon best and national record of 4184 points at the

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, but she was pushed into second place in the final

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event, ending up with the silver behind Irina Naumenko. She made her debut on the world stage at the Beijing Olympics in August, but she did not manage to finish the event and dropped out in the third round. She returned to regional success the year after, taking the pentathlon title at the

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. She also came close to a triple defence at the

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, taking the heptathlon and relay titles, but she was outrun by her Malaysian rival Mohd Khalid in the hurdles. Her appearance in the heptathlon at the

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was cut short after she fell in the 100 m hurdles and did not finish the competition. In addition to her international medals, she has won numerous times at the

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, including a heptathlon and 400 m hurdles double at the

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, a 100 m hurdles/400 m hurdles/heptathlon triple at the 2007 Thailand National Games, and an individual title in the

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in 2010.Wassanee Winatho
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in

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, Winatho clinched her tenth gold medal after winning the heptathlon, scoring 5448 points. However, an attempt to add another gold in 400 meter hurdles was prevented by the event specialist Noraseela Mohd Khalid of Malaysia. She clocked a season best of 58.97s.Jad Adrian Washif (2011-11-16)
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Retrieved 20 November 2011. At the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar, Winatho won the gold in the 400 meter hurdles in dramatic fashion, overtaking Quach Thi Lan in the final 5 meters, and also won another heptathlon gold. However, her final attempt to win a medal in the

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women's heptathlon, at the 2014 Games in

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, was also cut short, this time withdrawing between the shot put and the 200 meters events due to a knee injury.เศร้า! วาสนาเข่าบิดถอนตัว สัตกรีฑา ปิดฉากเอเชียนเกมส์
Retrieved 28 August 2018. Winatho returned to winning ways at the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur, by claiming a bronze medal in the heptathlon, before retiring.

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Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho ( th, วาสนา วินาโท; born 30 June 1980, in Prachinburi), also known as ''Amornrat Winatho'' and ''Vassanee Vinatho'', is a Thai track and field athlete who specialises in the h ...

Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games

Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho ( th, วาสนา วินาโท; born 30 June 1980, in Prachinburi), also known as ''Amornrat Winatho'' and ''Vassanee Vinatho'', is a Thai track and field athlete who specialises in the h ...

SEA Games medalists in athletics

Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho ( th, วาสนา วินาโท; born 30 June 1980, in Prachinburi), also known as ''Amornrat Winatho'' and ''Vassanee Vinatho'', is a Thai track and field athlete who specialises in the h ...

Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games 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 Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games

Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho ( th, วาสนา วินาโท; born 30 June 1980, in Prachinburi), also known as ''Amornrat Winatho'' and ''Vassanee Vinatho'', is a Thai track and field athlete who specialises in the h ...

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