PHAM Thi Thao

Viet Nam
Rowing
5 Jun 1989
34
Female
1.75/5'9''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing Women's Double Sculls
VIE
Viet Nam
 6
Women's Quadruple Sculls
VIE
Viet Nam
 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuyang Water Sports Centre
Women's Double Sculls Heat 1
#5
Finished
Fuyang Water Sports Centre
Women's Quadruple Sculls Preliminary Race
#21
Finished
Fuyang Water Sports Centre
Women's Double Sculls Final A
#46
Finished
Fuyang Water Sports Centre
Women's Quadruple Sculls Final A
#58
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
1Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls2018Indonesia7:01.11
2Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls2014Incheon, KOR7:28.48
2Women's Double Sculls2010Guangzhou, CHN7:17.15
3Women's Quadruple Sculls2014Incheon, KOR6:51.38
Olympic Games
16Women's Lightweight Double Sculls2012London, GBR7:51.82
World Championships
7Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls2013Chungju, KOR7:13.49
11Women's Quadruple Sculls2011Bled, SLO7:08.20
14Women's Pair2013Chungju, KOR8:08.26
21Women's Lightweight Double Sculls2015Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA7:33.88
Asian Championships
1Women's Four2022Rayong, THA7:30.11
1Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls2022Rayong, THA7:19.86
2Women's Quadruple Sculls2021Rayong, THA7:32.66
2Women's Four2019Chungju, KOR7:29.24
2Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls2015Beijing, CHN6:43.48
2Women's Quadruple Sculls2009Yilan, TPE7:02.59
3Women's Double Sculls2022Rayong, THA8:08.30
3Women's Four2021Rayong, THA9:41.68
3Women's Pair2019Chungju, KOR7:38.40
3Women's Quadruple Sculls2019Chungju, KOR6:51.99
5Women's Lightweight Double Sculls2015Beijing, CHN7:26.25
South East Asian Games
1Women's Double Sculls2021Hai Phong, VIE
1Women's Quadruple Sculls2021Hai Phong, VIE
1Women's Lightweight Quadruple Sculls2021Hai Phong, VIE
1Women's Lightweight Double Sculls 500m2015Singapore1:33.35
1Women's Lightweight Double Sculls 1000m2015Singapore3:36.94
1Women's Pair2011Indonesia7:40.16
1Women's Four2011Indonesia6:53.38
2Women's Lightweight Double Sculls2013Naypyidaw, MYA7:47.92
2Women's Lightweight Four2013Naypyidaw, MYA7:09.53
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Athlete
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Partner Vu Van Dang, one child
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Vietnamese
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Hanoi [Vietnam]
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Tran Van Sau
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2009 for Vietnam (thaibinhtourism, 17 Jul 2015)
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She took up the sport in 2007. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)
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A rowing coach noticed her long arm span and suggested rowing, but she initially refused because she wanted to be a volleyball player. The coach persisted and eventually convinced her family to encourage her to start rowing. (tienphong, 04 Dec 2013)
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Winning gold in lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)
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Her parents. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)
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"Fight hard." (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Additional Information

General
NEARLY DROWNED
She almost drowned in 2008 when her boat capsized during a training session on West Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. As she was leaving the course, her boat overturned. She yelled for help and was rescued by teammates, but needed a week off training to recover. She had kept secret the fact that she was a poor swimmer as team regulations required that members were able to swim. Team officials sent her for swimming lessons after the incident. (bongdaplus, 14 Jan 2022; webthethao, 07 Mar 2019; tienphong, 04 Dec 2013; tuoitrenews.vn, 01 Aug 2012)

RETIREMENT AND RETURN
In 2017 she decided to retire from competitive sport due to an injury. Initially she planned to work as a coach at her hometown of Thai Binh in Vietnam. She decided to return to compete at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, where she won gold in the women's lightweight quadruple sculls. "When I was injured, I gave up the sport to stay at home to take care of my family and focus on being a mother, because I went to competitions all the time, so I kept procrastinating. However, at the beginning of 2018, my coaches persuaded me, saying that the rowing team was short of people, so when my son was six months old, I took him to Hanoi and began training again." (bongdaplus, 14 Jan 2022; webthethao, 07 Mar 2019)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event