Pichet Krungget
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Pichet Krungget is a Paralympian
athlete
from Thailand
competing mainly in category T53 Sprint events.
Has won five paralympic medals over 2 games. Her first was a bronze in the T53 200m in 2004 Summer Paralympics
where he also helped the Thai team to two gold medals in the 4x100m and 4x400m as well as competing in the individual 100m and 400m races. Four years later in Beijing
he competed in the individual 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m and with his team mates won silver medals in both the relays, finishing behind the Chinese in both.
Paralympian
A Paralympian is an athlete who has participated in the Paralympic Games.A Paralympic athlete has a physical disability. The disability can be amputation, spinal cord injuries, visual impairment or cerebral palsy. An exception is the sighted guides for athletes with a visual impairment...
athlete
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
from Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
competing mainly in category T53 Sprint events.
Has won five paralympic medals over 2 games. Her first was a bronze in the T53 200m in 2004 Summer Paralympics
2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...
where he also helped the Thai team to two gold medals in the 4x100m and 4x400m as well as competing in the individual 100m and 400m races. Four years later in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
he competed in the individual 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m and with his team mates won silver medals in both the relays, finishing behind the Chinese in both.