Sayan Paratanavong
Thai sprinter (born 1951)
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Sayan Paratanavong (born 19 December 1951) is a Thai sprinter. He was a two-time gold medalist at the SEAP Games and competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | Thai | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 4 × 100 metres relay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
At the 1973 SEAP Games in September, Paratanavong won two bronze medals. In the 400 m, he ran a time of 48.9 seconds behind Baba Singhe Peyadesa and Savin Chem.[2] Running second leg, Paratanavong also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay.[3]
Later that year at the 1973 Asian Athletics Championships, Paratanavong entered in the 200 m, 400 m, and 4 × 400 m but did not win any medals.[4]
Paratanavong won his first SEAP Games gold medals at the 1975 SEAP Games in Bangkok.[5] In the 400 m, he won in a personal best time of 48.09 seconds.[4] He also anchored the Thai team's 4 × 200 metres relay to the gold medal in a 1:25.0 time.[2]
Paratanavong was selected to represent Thailand at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 m relay. He anchored the Thai team in the 5th heat, finishing 5th in 40.53 seconds.[6]
His team advanced to the semi-finals later that day. With Paratanavong again on anchor, the team ran 40.68 seconds to finish 8th, failing to advance to the finals.[7]
