Thailand at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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| year = 2006
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| location = Turin
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| flagbearer = Prawat Nagvajara
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Thailand sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. This was Thailand's second appearance at a Winter Olympic Games after the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Thai delegation consisted of one athlete, cross-country skier Prawat Nagvajara, who finished the 15 kilometre classical in 96th place.
Background
Thailand first joined Olympic competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and excepting the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics they have participated in every Summer Olympics since.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/THA/|title=Thailand|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054018/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/THA/|archive-date=9 March 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/10/world/54-boycotted-in-1980.html|title=54 Boycotted in 1980|date=10 May 1984|work=The New York Times|access-date=1 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091021/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/10/world/54-boycotted-in-1980.html|archive-date=30 January 2018}}{{subscription required}} The nation's only prior participation at the Winter Olympics had come four years prior in the Salt Lake City Olympics. The Thai delegation to Turin consisted of a single athlete, cross-county skier Prawat Nagvajara.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/THA/winter/2006/|title=Thailand at the 2006 Torino Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717070212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/THA/winter/2006/|archive-date=17 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} He had previously been the country's only representative in Salt Lake City.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/THA/winter/2002/|title=Thailand at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717161827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/THA/winter/2002/|archive-date=17 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Nagvajara was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony,{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/torino/2006/list-of-flag-bearers_sto830383/story.shtml|title=List of flag bearers – Torino 2006 – Olympics|date=10 February 2006|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429005607/https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/torino/2006/list-of-flag-bearers_sto830383/story.shtml|archive-date=29 April 2018}} while a volunteer carried the Thai flag for the closing ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/flag-bearers-for-the-closing-ceremony-2|title=Flag Bearers for the Closing Ceremony – Olympic News|date=26 February 2006|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016180938/https://www.olympic.org/news/flag-bearers-for-the-closing-ceremony-2|archive-date=16 October 2016}}
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
Prawat Nagvajara, Thailand's lone competitor in Turin, was 47 years old at the time of these Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/prawat-nagvajara-1.html|title=Prawat Nagvajara Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713193430/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/prawat-nagvajara-1.html|archive-date=13 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} On 17 February, he finished the men's 15 km classical in a time of 1 hour 7 minutes and 15 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/CCS/mens-15-kilometres.html|title=Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=24 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803134351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/CCS/mens-15-kilometres.html|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} This made him the last of 96 men who finished the race, and he was 29 minutes behind the gold medalist, Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia.{{cite web
|title = Torino 2006 Official Report – Cross Country Skiing
|url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/CrosscountrySki.pdf
|work = Torino Organizing Committee
|publisher = LA84 Foundation
|date = March 2009
|access-date = May 12, 2009
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013304/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/CrosscountrySki.pdf
|archive-date = June 12, 2012
|url-status = live
|df = mdy-all
}}
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| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| Total
!Rank |
| Prawat Nagvajara
|align="center"| 1:07:15.9 |align="center"| 96 |
See also
References
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{{Nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}
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