Chonlathorn Vorathamrong ( th, ชลธร วรธำรง; born September 8, 1980) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a six-time medalist at the

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(2001, 2003, and 2005). Vorathamrong made her first Thai team at the

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in Sydney. There, she failed to reach the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing thirty-fifth in the

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(1:05.98), and thirty-second in the 200 m backstroke (2:21.59). At the

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, Vorathamrong won a total of two gold medals in the 100 m backstroke (1:05.47), and 200 m backstroke (2:19.11). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, Vorathamrong maintained her program, competing again in the 100 and 200 m backstroke. She posted FINA B-standard entry times of 1:05.47 (100 m backstroke) and 2:19.11 (200 m backstroke) from the SEA Games. In the

, Vorathamrong challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 14-year-olds Anastassiya Prilepa of Kazakhstan and

Olga Gnedovskaya Olga Gnedovskaya (russian: Ольга Гнедовская; born August 15, 1989) is an Uzbekistani former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Gnedovskaya qualified for the women's 100 m backstroke, as Uzbekistan's youngest swimmer (a ...

of Uzbekistan. She posted a lifetime best of 1:05.15 to take a second spot and thirty-second overall by 0.23 of a second ahead of Turkey's Derya Erke. In the 200 m backstroke, Vorathamrong placed twenty-ninth overall from the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in the same heat as her first, she raced to seventh place by a 7.04-second margin behind winner

Evelyn Verrasztó Evelyn Verrasztó (born 17 July 1989) is a Hungarian swimmer, who competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Her father and coach, Zoltán Verrasztó, and her brother, Dávid Verrasztó are also Olymp ...

of Hungary, in a time of 2:21.11.

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