Vissanu Sophanich is a track and field

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...

 sprint athlete

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 who competed internationally for Thailand

Thailand

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He was on the Thai team in the Men's 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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His best time is 10.38 seconds (2000 Asian Athletics Championships, Jakarta

Jakarta

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, 2000). He holds the national 4-man relay record of 38.80 seconds, also in Jakarta on August 31, 2000, a performance which won the gold medal at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships (relay team members: Kongdech Natenee, Vissanu Sophanich, Ekkachai Janthana, Sittichai Suwonprateep

Sittichai Suwonprateep

Sittichai Suwonprateep is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand.Suwonprateep represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Siriroj Darasuriyong, Sompote Suwannarangsri and Apinan Sukaphai...

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See also

• 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay.
• Thai records in athletics
  Thai records in athletics
  The following are the national records in athletics in Thailand maintained by Athletic Association of Thailand .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitudedisqualified for doping-External links:*...