Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon

{{Short description|Thai weightlifter (born 1984)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

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| honorific_suffix = TM TBh ChCh

| image = Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon 1.jpg

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| nationality = Thailand

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|5|29}}

| birth_place = Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

| height = {{convert|157|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|52.72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| country = Thailand

| sport = Weightlifting

| event = 53 kg

| pb = {{unbulleted list|Snatch: 98 kg (2005)|Clean and jerk: 126 kg (2008)|Total: 223 kg (2005)}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{THA}}}}

{{MedalCount

|Olympic Games|1|0|0

|World Weightlifting Championships|0|1|1

|Asian Games|0|1|1

|Asian Weightlifting Championships|1|2|1

|Total|2|4|2

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{{MedalSport|Women's weightlifting}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2008 Beijing|53 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Doha|53 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2003 Vancouver|53 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2006 Doha|53 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Guangzhou|53 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Almaty|53 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Dubai|53 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Shandong|53 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Taldykorgan|53 kg}}

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Image:Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon 2.jpg

Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon ({{langx|th|ประภาวดี เจริญรัตนธารากูล}}; {{RTGS|Praphawadi Charoenrattanatharakun}}) (born Junpim Kuntatean,{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-wei-womens53kg |title=Thailand wins women's 53-kg weightlifting gold |date=August 10, 2008 |access-date=August 13, 2008 |agency=AP |first=Karl |last=Ritter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523230143/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-wei-womens53kg |archive-date=May 23, 2011}} {{langx|th|จันทร์พิมพ์ กันทะเตียน}}; {{RTGS|Chanphim Kanthatian}}, also transliterated Chanpim Kantatian{{cite news |url=http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4856826/olympics-great-wall-china-blocks-rivals-paths-weightlifting-gold |title=Olympics: Great wall of China blocks rivals' paths to weightlifting gold |date=August 5, 2008 |access-date=August 10, 2008 |agency=AFP |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807103127/http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news/article/-/4856826/olympics-great-wall-china-blocks-rivals-paths-weightlifting-gold |url-status=dead}} May 29, 1984) is a weightlifter from Thailand.

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 53 kg category, lifting a total of 223 kg (491.6 lbs).{{cite web |title=Kuntatean Junpim |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=359 |access-date=August 10, 2008 |archive-date=August 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817113443/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=359 |url-status=dead}} At the 2006 University World Championships she won the gold medal in the 53 kg category.{{cite web |url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=997 |title=Junpim Kuntatean |access-date=August 10, 2008 |publisher=International Weightlifting Federation |archive-date=August 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817113446/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=997 |url-status=dead}}

During the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships she suffered an elbow injury, and had to rest for three months.{{cite news |title=Prapawadee looking to a bright future |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/120808_Sports/12Aug2008_sport27.php |access-date=August 23, 2008 |work=Bangkok Post |date=August 12, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=January 2015}}

She won the women's 53 kg class at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/230229.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: Jaroenrattanatarakoon, Prapawadee |publisher=Beijing Olympics official website |access-date=August 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525072917/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/230229.shtml |archive-date=May 25, 2009 |url-status=dead}} She changed her name in 2007 on the advice of a fortune teller who said it would improve her chances of winning the Olympics. Her name was so long that it was listed as "J" on the digital scoreboard during the Beijing Games.{{cite book |last=Wallechinsky |first=David |title=The Book Of Olympic Lists |year=2012 |publisher=Aurum Press Ltd |location=Great Britain |isbn=9781845137731 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall/page/16 16] |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall/page/300}}