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Siri Arun Budcharern

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Siri Arun Budcharern
Personal information
Full nameSiri Arun Budcharern
Nationality Laos
Born (2002-01-12) January 12, 2002 (age 22)
Vientiane, Laos
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Siri Arun Budcharern (born 12 January 2002) is a freestyle swimmer from Laos. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50 m freestyle and finished 76th with a time of 32.55 seconds.[1] She did not advance to the semifinals, which required a top 16 finish in the heats.[1][2]

Leading up to the Games, Budcharern trained in a 25 m public pool in Vientiane, half the length of an Olympic-sized venue. She had to share the pool with children taking swimming lessons while the pool deck was often covered with beer bottles from parties.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Swimming Results Book". 2016 Summer Olympics. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016 profile - Siri Arun Budcharern". Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  3. ^ Channel NewsAsia - Kids, beer bottles and a public pool: How Laos teen swimmer trains for Rio
  4. ^ Yahoo News - Kids, beer bottles and a public pool - how Laos swimmer, 14, trains for Rio
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