Prawat Wahoram

Personal information
Native name	ประวัติ วะโฮรัมย์
Nickname	Wat
Born	(1981-03-24) 24 March 1981 (age 42) Sa Kaeo, Thailand
Sport
Disability	Impaired muscle power
Disability class	T54
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Medal record Men's para athletics Representing  Thailand Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 7 8 1 World Championships 2 2 2 Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney 10000 m T54 2000 Sydney 5000 m T54 2004 Athens 4×100 m T53–54 2004 Athens 4×400 m T53–54 2008 Beijing 5000 m T54 2016 Rio 1500 m T54 2016 Rio 5000 m T54 2004 Athens 10000 m T54 2008 Beijing 1500 m T54 2008 Beijing 4×100 m T53–54 2008 Beijing 4×400 m T53–54 2012 London 1500 m T54 2012 London 4×400 m T53–54 2016 Rio 4×400 m T53–54 2020 Tokyo 1500 m T54 2008 Beijing 800 m T54 World Championships 2019 Dubai 1,500 m T54 2019 Dubai 5,000 m T54 2015 Doha 4x400 m relay T53–54 2023 Paris 5,000 m T54 2015 Doha 5,000 m T54 2023 Paris 1,500 m T54 Asian Para Games 2022 Hangzhou 1,500 m T54 2022 Hangzhou 5,000 m T54 2022 Hangzhou 800 m T54

Prawat Wahoram (Thai: ประวัติ วะโฮรัมย์; born 24 March 1981) is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events.^[1] He competed for Thailand in six Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2020 and got the total of seven gold, eight silver, and one bronze medals. He is considered the most successful Thai Paralympic athlete.^[2]

Career

Competing in wheelchair athletics, Wahoram has represented Thailand at the Paralympic Games on six occasions. He won his first medals, two gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning the 5000 m and 10000 m races in the T54 category.

Wahoram competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics at various distances, the 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and 10000 m race. He won an individual silver in the 10000 m race, as well as two gold medals in team events in the 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays.^[3]

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the 5000 metres event as well as three silver and one bronze medals.^[4]

Major results

Year	Venue	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final		Rank
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paralympic Games
2020	Tokyo, Japan	800 m T54	1:33.59	1 Q	—		1:34.58	6
		1500 m T54	3:03.07	1 Q			2:50.20 AR	2
		5000 m T54	10:14.91	1 Q			10:30.59	6
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	800 m T54	1:38.25	5	—		Did not advance
		1500 m T54	3:06.55	1 Q			3:00.63	1
		5000 m T54	10:20.34	2 Q			11:01.71	1
		Marathon T54	—				1:30:09	5
		4 × 400 m T53–54	3:08.37	1 Q			3:07.73	2
2012	London, United Kingdom	1500 m T54	3:11.31	2 Q			3:12.32	2
		5000 m T54	10:56.74	3 Q			11:08.55	5
		4 × 400 m T53–54	3:14.29	1 q			3:13.28	2
2008	Beijing, China	800 m T54	1:38.84	Q	1:34.59	Q	1:37.12	3
		1500 m T54	3:09.24	Q	3:00.10 PR	Q	3:10.68	2
		5000 m T54	10:21.31	Q	—		10:22.38	1
		Marathon T54	—				DNS
		4 × 400 m T53–54	3:15.65	2 Q			3:11.63	2
2004	Athens, Greece	800m T54	1:35.93	6 q	—		1:33.03	7
		1500m T54	3:08.24	18 Q	3:04.85	4 q	3:06.15	7
		5000m T54	10:29.43	9 Q	—		10:25.56	8
		10000m T54	21:47.93	10 Q			20:52.10	2
		4 × 100 m T53–54	51.98 WR	1 Q			51.99	1
		4 × 400 m T53–54	3:16.56	3 Q			3:12.73 WR	1
World Championships
2015	Doha, Qatar	100 m T53	15.71	3	—		16.22	7	7
		200 m T53	26.96	2			26.97	2
		400 m T53	51.51	2			50.42	3
		800 m T53	1:47.90	2			1:44.35	4	6
		4 × 400 m T53–54	—				3.12.22 NR	2