Pilin Tachakittiranan

{{Short description|Thai swimmer (born 1983)}}

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| fullname = Pilin Tachakittiranan

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| strokes = Freestyle, butterfly

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand

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| height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Thailand }}

{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Hanoi | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Hanoi | 400 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2003 Hanoi | 800 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2005 Manila | 400 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 2005 Manila | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2003 Hanoi | 200 m butterfly}}

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Pilin Tachakittiranan ({{langx|th|ไพลิน เตชะกฤตธีระนันท์}}; born June 14, 1983) is a Thai former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Pilin Tachakittiranan|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/pilin-tachakittiranan-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/pilin-tachakittiranan-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 29 April 2013}} She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a multiple-time age-group record holder in all freestyle distances (except 1500 m). Regarded as Thailand's top female swimmer, she has won a total of five gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games (2003 and 2005).

Tachakittiranan made her first Thai team, as a 17-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance into the succeeding round in any of her individual events, finishing forty-fifth in the 50 m freestyle (27.31), thirtieth in the 200 m freestyle (2:05.88), and thirty-ninth each in the 100 m freestyle (58.69) and 400 m freestyle (4:29.28).{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 5|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=165|accessdate=19 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=174|accessdate=19 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 3|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=183|accessdate=19 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=189|accessdate=19 April 2013}}

At the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tachakittiranan dominated the pool for Thailand by claiming a total of three gold medals in the 200, 400, and 800 m freestyle.{{cite news|title=Yeo, Sirisanont and Lim Lead Southeast Asian Games With Three Gold Medals Apiece|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6370.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=9 December 2003|accessdate=29 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130630101919/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6370.asp|archivedate=30 June 2013}}{{cite news|title=Thailand Continues to Dominate Southeast Asian Games|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6374.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=10 December 2003|accessdate=29 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130630100435/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/6374.asp|archivedate=30 June 2013}}

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tachakittiranan shortened her swimming program, focusing only on the 200 and 400 m freestyle. She posted FINA B-standard entry times of 2:06.19 (200 m freestyle) and 4:21.67 (400 m freestyle) from the SEA Games.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060010000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=26 April 2013}}{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060010000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=26 April 2013}} On the second day of the Games, Tachakittiranan placed thirty-fourth overall in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat one, she picked up a third seed by nearly two seconds behind winner Paola Duguet of Colombia in 4:23.62.{{cite web|title=Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 1|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531296.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Stephen|title=Women's 400 Freestyle Prelims: France's Manaudou Powers to 4:06.76 to Lead a Fast, Wide-Open Field for the Final|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7812.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630092214/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7812.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2013|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=26 April 2013}} In her second event, 200 m freestyle, Tachakittiranan ended her Olympic run with a thirty-fifth-place effort from the preliminaries. She posted a lifetime best of 2:05.29 to lead the first heat against Chinese Taipei's Yang Chin-Kuei and Kazakhstan's Yuliya Rissik.{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531352.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Stephen|title=Women's 200 Freestyle, Prelims Day 3: Dana Vollmer Stakes Her Claim as Fastest Qualifier, Benko Also Through to Evening Round|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7832.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=16 August 2004|accessdate=26 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130630093238/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7832.asp|archivedate=30 June 2013}}