Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn
Personal information
Full nameNimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn
Nickname(s)Noey, ChaCha, Nim
National team Thailand
Born (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 34)
Bangkok, Thailand
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Thailand
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Manila 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Manila 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok 200 m medley

Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (Thai: นิมิตรา ทวีทรัพย์สุนทร; born October 17, 1989, in Bangkok) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle and individual medley events.[1] She represented her nation Thailand in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008), and also won a career total of four medals, one gold and three bronzes, at the Southeast Asian Games (2005 and 2007).

Thaveesupsoonthorn made her first Thai team, as a fourteen-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, competing in the women's 400 m individual medley. Despite failing to overhaul the five-minute barrier, Thaveesupsoonthorn stormed home with a powerful swim throughout the race to a victory in heat one over Bulgaria's Ana Dangalakova and Algeria's Sabria Dahane, but her lifetime best of 5:00.06 would be enough to put the Thai rising stalwart to twenty-second overall position.[2][3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Thaveesupsoonthorn qualified for the second time in the women's 400 m individual medley by clearing a FINA B-cut of 4:54.47 from the Malaysia Open Championships four months earlier in Kuala Lumpur.[4] Swimming in the same heat as the previous Games, Thaveesupsoonthorn struggled through the race for another Olympic victory in heat one, and then eventually faded on the freestyle lap to last place in a field of thirty-seven with a time of 5:02.18.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ^ Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Women's 400 IM Prelims: Klochkova Dominant in Signature Event, Clocks 4:38.36. Sandeno Qualifies Second in PR 4:40.21". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 85. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Women's 400m Individual Medley – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

External links

Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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