Vilayphone Vongphachanh
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Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a female Laotian
Olympic
freestyle swimmer
.
As a member of the Laos team
she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics
in the Women's 50m Freestyle
. She also swam at the 2008 Olympics
.
In 2004, she had the slowest time out of all 73 women in the event.
Her result was typical for Laos, which up to the 2004 games, has (with one exception) always placed last or next to last in every event it has competed in.
In Laos, she was only able to train in a pool half the size of a standard Olympic size swimming pool
, and like other Laotian athletes had limited times to do so. Sue Maci of Parade
attributed the poor results to Laos being one of the ten poorest countries in the world.
Previously, in 2003, she competed in the 2003 World Championships
in Barcelona, Spain
. She ranked 98 out of 100 (finishers) in the 50m freestyle, and 57 out of 58 in the 50m breaststroke
.
As of 2006 Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a swimming judge for the FINA Masters
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
freestyle swimmer
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
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As a member of the Laos team
Laos at the 2004 Summer Olympics
-Archery:Men's Individual Competition:* Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone — 64th place-Athletics:Men's 100 metres:* Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh*Round 1 — 11.30 Women's 100 metres:* Philaylack Sackpraseuth...
she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in the Women's 50m Freestyle
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle
These are the results of the Women's 50 metre freestyle, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Records:-Heat 1:# Doli Akhter, – 30.72# Monika Bakale, – 31.61# Amira Edrahi, – 34.67-Heat 2:...
. She also swam at the 2008 Olympics
Laos at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletics :- Swimming:...
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In 2004, she had the slowest time out of all 73 women in the event.
Her result was typical for Laos, which up to the 2004 games, has (with one exception) always placed last or next to last in every event it has competed in.
In Laos, she was only able to train in a pool half the size of a standard Olympic size swimming pool
Olympic size swimming pool
An Olympic-size swimming pool is the type of swimming pool used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is 50 meters in length. This is typically referred to as "long course", delineating it from "short course" which applies to competitions in pools that are either 25 meters or 25 yards in...
, and like other Laotian athletes had limited times to do so. Sue Maci of Parade
Parade (magazine)
Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 500 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Advance Publications. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., Parade has a circulation of 32.2 million and a readership of nearly 70...
attributed the poor results to Laos being one of the ten poorest countries in the world.
Previously, in 2003, she competed in the 2003 World Championships
2003 World Aquatics Championships
Barcelona, Spain was the host city of the X FINA World Aquatics Championships or the 10th FINA World Championships in Aquatics, which were held from July 12 until July 27, 2003....
in Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. She ranked 98 out of 100 (finishers) in the 50m freestyle, and 57 out of 58 in the 50m breaststroke
Breaststroke
The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on his or her chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn...
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As of 2006 Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a swimming judge for the FINA Masters