Athiwat Paeng-nuea (Thai: อธิวัฒน์ แพงเหนือ; born 20 October 2002) is a Paralympic athlete from Thailand who competes in category T54 sprint events. He represented Thailand at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the 100 metres T54 event and a silver medal in the 400 metres event.[4]
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| Native name | อธิวัฒน์ แพงเหนือ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 October 2002 Sakon Nakhon, Thailand[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | T54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editAthiwat represented Thailand at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. On 29 August 2021, he set the new Paralympic record in the 400 metres event in the heat round and got through to won his first silver medal at the Paralympics Games. Then, he won his first gold medal in the 100 metres T54 event.[5][6][7]
At the 2022 Asian Para Games, held in October 2023 in Hangzhou, China, Athiwat won the gold medal in the 100 metres T54 event and set the new game record with a time of 13.66.[8][9]
Major results
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| 2020 |  Tokyo, Japan |
100 m T54 | 14.00 | 1 | 13.76 AR | 1 | 
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| 400 m T54 | 44.87 PR | 1 | 45.73 | 2 | 
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| 2023 |  Paris, France |
100 m T54 | 13.63 =WR | 3 | 13.64 | 1 |
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| 400 m T54 | 45.16 | 1 | 46.23 | 2 |
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| 800 m T54 | 1:32.97 | 1 | 1:32.02 | 8 | 8 | |||||||
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| 2022 |  Hangzhou, China |
100 m T54 | 13.88 GR | 1 | 13.66 GR | 1 |
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| 400 m T54 | 45.45 GR | 1 | 44.62 GR | 1 |
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References
edit- ^ "ชาวสกลนคร ร่วมยินดี "อธิวัฒน์ แพงเหนือ" ฮีโร่เหรียญทองพาราลิมปิกส์เกมส์ 2020". National News Bureau Of Thailand. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Athletics - Men's 100m-T54 - Final Start List" (PDF). Asian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Athletics - Men's 400m-T54 - Round 1 Heat 2 - Start List" (PDF). Asian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (29 August 2021). "Kashafali reflects on journey from refugee to fastest man in Paralympic history". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Athletics: PAENG-NUEA Athiwat". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ ""อธิวัฒน์"เด็ก18ปี ซิ่งคว้าเหรียญเงินพาราลิมปิกเกมส์" (in Thai). Siamsport. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Pongsakorn wins first gold for Thais". Bangkok Post. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Athletics - Men's 100m-T54 - Final Results" (PDF). Asian Paralympic Committee. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "สุดจัด "อธิวัฒน์" คว้าเหรียญทอง เหรียญที่ 9 ให้ทัพนักกีฬาไทย กรีฑา 100 เมตร "เอเชียนพาราเกมส์"". Thairath (in Thai). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "Official Results Book Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championships" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Athletics - Men's 400m-T54 - Final Results" (PDF). Asian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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