Prawat Wahoram

Prawat Wahoram (born 24 March 1981) is a Thai athlete and multiple Paralympic gold medallist. He competes mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.[1]

Prawat Wahoram

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Thailand
Paralympic Games
	2000 Sydney	10000 m T54
	2000 Sydney	5000 m T54
	2004 Athens	4×100 m T53-54
	2004 Athens	4×400 m T53-54
	2008 Beijing	5000 m T54
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	1500 m T54
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	5000 m T54
	2004 Athens	10000 m T54
	2008 Beijing	1500 m T54
	2008 Beijing	4×100 m T53-54
	2008 Beijing	4×400 m T53-54
	2012 London	1500 m T54
	2012 London	4×400 m T53-54
	2008 Beijing	800 m T54
IPC Athletics World Championships
	2019 Dubai	1,500 m T54
	2019 Dubai	5,000 m T54
	2015 Doha	4x400 m relay T53-54
	2015 Doha	5,000 m T54

Biography

Prawat competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics at various distances, the 800m, 1500m, 5000m and 10000m where he won a silver medal but it was as part of the successful Thai relay teams that he won his 2 gold medals in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays.[2]

Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on three occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and 10000 m races in the T54 category. At the 2004 Games, he won an individual silver in the 10000 m race, as well as two gold medals in team events.[3] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold (in the 5000 m), three silver and a bronze.[4]

Major result

Year	Venue	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final		Rank
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paralympic Games
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	800 m T54			N/A
		1500 m T54	3:06.55	1 Q			3:00.63	1
		5000 m T54	10:20.34	2 Q			11:01.71	1
		Marathon T52-54
		4 × 400 m T53-54
2012	London, United Kingdom	1500 m T54	3:11.31	2Q			3:12.32	2
		5000 m T54	10:56.74	3 Q			11:08.55	5	5
		4 × 400 m T53-54	3:14.29	1 q			3:13.28	2
2008	Beijing, China	800 m T54	1:38.84	Q	1:34.59	Q	1:37.12	3
		1500 m T54	3:09.24	Q	3:00.10 PR	Q	3:10.68	2
		5000 m T54	10:21.31	Q	N/A		10:22.38	1
		Marathon T54	N/A				DNS
		4 × 400 m T53-54	3:15.65	2 Q			3:11.63	2
World Championships
2015	Doha, Qatar	100 m T53	15.71	3	16.22	7	7
		200 m T53	26.96	2	26.97	2
		400 m T53	51.51	2	50.42	3
		800 m T53	1:47.90	2	1:44.35	4	6
		4 × 400 m T53-54	N/A		3.12.22 NR	2

References

1. "Athlete profile: Prawat Wahoram". IPC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
2. profile on paralympic.org
3. Thailand at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
4. Medallists for Thailand Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2008 Summer Paralympics