Wassana Winatho

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rdf:langString Wassana Winatho (Thai: วาสนา วินาโท; born 30 June 1980, in Prachinburi), also known as Amornrat Winatho and Vassanee Vinatho, is a Thai track and field athlete who specialises in the heptathlon and the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics and competed at five consecutive editions of the Asian Games (1998 to 2014). Having won medals internationally in combined events, sprints, hurdles and relays, she is widely regarded as the most versatile athlete in Southeast Asia. She is the current Thai record holder in the heptathlon and women's pentathlon, as well as having a share in the 4×400 metres relay record. Winatho has been particularly successful at the Southeast Asian Games, where her achievement include three heptathlon titles, three 400 m hurdles title, and a haul of three golds at the 2007 Games (with a heptathlon Games record of 5889 points). At the continental level, she has won pentathlon medals at the Asian Indoor Games and the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.