KETKEAW Anchaya

Date of Birth: 29 Jun 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S9

Place of birth: SONGKHLA

Birth Country:

Thailand

Place of residence : CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
13	50m Freestyle - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	31.01
15	100m Backstroke - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:21.66
16	100m Freestyle - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:08.34
18	100m Butterfly - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:17.30
World Championships
6	50m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	30.34
7	100m Freestyle - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:11.49
8	50m Freestyle - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	32.01
13	100m Backstroke - S9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:21.78
15	100m Butterfly - S9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:24.30
16	100m Freestyle - S9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:12.94
17	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	3:01.63
20	50m Freestyle - S9	2015	Glasgow, GBR	31.98
Asian Para Games
2	100m Backstroke - S9	2018	Jakarta, INA	1:19.49
3	50m Freestyle - S9	2018	Jakarta, INA	30.75
3	100m Freestyle - S9	2018	Jakarta, INA	1:08.27
3	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2018	Jakarta, INA	6:19.56
9	400m Freestyle - S10	2018	Jakarta, INA	6:19.20

Pin, Pinsolorin (Facebook profile, 27 Apr 2020; Facebook page, 26 Apr 2020; Instagram profile, 21 Apr 2020; Toyota Motor Asia Pacific YouTube channel, 18 Jul 2019)

Watching cartoons. (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Language Studies - Japanese - Thammasat University, Thailand

Languages spoken:

2013 for Thailand (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

She took up the sport at age seven in Thailand. (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

She was encouraged to start swimming by her mother. "I wanted to learn to swim." (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019; Toyota Motor Asia Pacific YouTube channel, 18 Jul 2019)

Winning one silver and three bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and winning seven gold medals at the 2015 ASEAN Para Games in Singapore. (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling. (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

Her sister. (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Only you are able to decide whether you can do it or not." (startyourimpossible.asia, 13 Sep 2018)

She was named the 2013 Female Para Athlete of the Year by the Sports Writers' Association of Thailand. (bangkokpost.com, 27 Mar 2014)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB9, SM9 (IPC, 15 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born without the lower part of her right arm due to dysmelia. (Athlete, 09 Sep 2019)

General
TRIBUTE
She dedicated the seven gold medals she won at the 2015 ASEAN Para Games in Singapore to her parents, who passed away when she was a child. "These medals are for my late parents. They wanted me to do this." (channelnewsasia.com, 09 Dec 2015)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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