Vanessa Vankorn represented Thailand in a skiing event at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, under what professional name is she better known?
"Vanessa-Mae Vanessa-Mae (陈美 Chén Měi) (born 27 October 1978) also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a British violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Kingdom in 2006. She competed under the name Vanessa Vanakorn (her father's surname) for Thailand in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was initially banned from skiing because a qualifying race for her benefit was alleged to be corrupt, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport later nullified the ban, citing lack of evidence for her own wrongdoing or any manipulation. Vanessa-Mae was"
"CAS' satisfaction ""evidence of any manipulation by Vanessa Vanakorn herself"". The International Olympic Committee (IOC) subsequently confirmed Vanessa Vanakorn's Olympic result and on 24 February 2016, the FIS issued a public apology to Vanessa Vanakorn and made an ""appropriate payment"" to her for damages. On 18 February, Vanakorn competed in her only race, the giant slalom. She posted run times of 1 minute and 44.86 seconds and 1 minute and 42.11 seconds.. Her combined time of 3 minutes and 26.97 seconds saw her finish in 67th position, last among the finishers, although 22 other athletes failed to complete the race."
"her appeal to restore the qualifying results, confirming that the qualifying races ""were so defective that their results and qualification points gained therefrom could not stand"", and therefore ""Vanessa Vanakorn remains ineligible to compete in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games"". In 2016, Vanakorn settled her lawsuit against the International Skiing Federation (FIS), in which the FIS made an ""appropriate payment"", the amount of which was not disclosed. The FIS issued an apology for its claims of race-fixing, and cited lax FIS rules for the questionable qualification races. Vanakorn returned to skiing in 2017, to attempt to qualify for the"
"competition be annulled. The Hearing Panel noted that, if the results were to be annulled by the FIS Council, it will mean that Vanessa-Mae, Federica Selva of San Marino, and Ieva Januškevičiūtė of Lithuania will have not qualified for the 2014 Olympic Games. Vanessa-Mae issued a statement calling the ban ""nonsensical"" and saying ""we will"" appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The FIS Council met on 18 November and cancelled the results of ""all four giant slalom races"" at Krvavec and issued a press release saying that ""Vanessa Vanakorn (THA) who competed in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter"
"Universe Thailand 2014 and won first runner-up. A month later, Weluree Ditsayabut, who was crowned Miss Universe Thailand 2014, resigned her title, Pimbongkod represented Thailand at Miss Universe 2014. Although considered to be a strong candidate by many, she failed to place in the Top 15. 44 Pimbongkod Chankaew Allison Sansom (born July 7, 1994), better known by her Thai name Pimbongkod Chankaew (; ) is a Thai American beauty queen who won the title Miss Thai New Year USA 2013 and placed first runner-up at Miss Universe Thailand 2014 and represented Thailand in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant after"
"Pimbongkod Chankaew Allison Sansom (born July 7, 1994), better known by her Thai name Pimbongkod Chankaew (; ) is a Thai American beauty queen who won the title Miss Thai New Year USA 2013 and placed first runner-up at Miss Universe Thailand 2014 and represented Thailand in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant after the winner Weluree Ditsayabut resigned her title. Pimbongkod is half Thai-German was born and raised in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA, United States. In 2012, she graduated from Eagle Rock High School and she studied at Pasadena City College in California, United States. Pimbongkod competed in Miss"
"in the chart'. Vanessa-Mae stated that she ""started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five"", and that it had been her ""dream to be a ski bum since I was 14."" In 2009 Vanessa-Mae took up residence in the Swiss alpine resort of Zermatt. In August 2010, she told ""The Telegraph"", ""I am British, but realistically there is no way I could represent my own country, but because my natural father is Thai, they have accepted me."" She registered as a Thai alpine skier. In 2014,"
"Nicola Zanon Nicola Zanon is a Thai-Italian alpine skier who competed for Thailand at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Zanon was born in 14 December 1996 to an Italian father and a Thai mother and grew up in Val di Rabbi in Trentino. He started skiing at age 8 at the Madonna di Campiglio. He previously attempted to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia but failed leading to his retirement and worked as a woodworker with his father. However he came out of retirement when the Ski and Snowboard Association of Thailand on February 2017 offered him a"
"After the resignation of Miss Supranational Thailand 2014, Parapadsorn Disdamrong was substituted as Thailand's representative at the Miss Supranational 2014 pageant which happened at the Hall of Sport in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, on December 5, 2014. She was the first runner-up among 70 contestants from around the world, finishing behind Asha Bhat from India. Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda was among the Top 10 in the Miss Grand Slam 2014, a cyber pageant organized by Global Beauties. Parapadsorn Disdamrong Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda (Thai:ปรภัสสร วรสิรินดา, born December 10, 1990), is a Thai beauty queen. Her nickname is Pla (Thai: ปลา). She is from Nakhon Ratchasima province,"
"taking part in a race rigged to her favor in an event orchestrated by her manager, Vanakorn was banned from skiing for four years. On 7 February 2014, during the opening ceremony and one day after the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a man attempted to hijack Pegasus Airlines Flight 751 that was on a flight from Kharkiv, Ukraine, to Istanbul, Turkey, saying he had a bomb on board, and demanding to be flown to Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, fooling"
"Karen Chanloung Karen Chanloung (; ; born 1 July 1996) is an Italian born cross-country skier competing for Thailand. Chanloung originally competed for Italy and switched to competing for Thailand, as she holds dual citizenship with the country. Chanloung competed for Thailand at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. However, her results did not count towards the official results as she had not met the requirements to compete for The team (the minimum amount of time had not been met in waiting to switch to competing for another country). Chanloung is scheduled to compete for Thailand at the"
"Wassana Winatho Wassana Winatho (; 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"
"Games therefore did not qualify and should not have been participating in the Sochi 2014 Games."" The FIS Council was of the opinion that Fredrica Selva and Ieva Januškevičiūtė ""were victims of the manipulated races"", and forwarded the information to the International Olympic Committee. Vanessa-Mae filed appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 4 December 2014 against both the FIS Hearing Panel and the FIS Council. On 19 June 2015 the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided Vanakorn's four year ban, saying there was a lack of evidence that she herself manipulated the races; but the CAS dismissed"
"Rasri Balenciaga Chirathiwat Rasri Balenciaga (born August 22, 1990 in Thailand) is a Thai-Spanish actress and model. She first appeared in the lakorn called ""Kularb Tud Petch"" with Kittikun Sumridpansuk. She is known for playing Thichakorn ""Kati"" in the 4 in a 1 series called ""4 Hua Jai Haeng Koon Kao"" ""(4 Hearts of the Mountains)"" with Pakorn Chatborirak. In 2012 she was paired up with Mario Maurer in the lakorn called ""Ruk Kerd Talai Sode"". By 2013 she got paired up with Pirath ""Mike"" Nitipaisalkul who is a member of a famous Thai boy band called Golf & Mike"
"2018 Winter Olympics. Karen and her brother Mark Chanloung are scheduled to be the only cross-country skiers on the team. Karen Chanloung Karen Chanloung (; ; born 1 July 1996) is an Italian born cross-country skier competing for Thailand. Chanloung originally competed for Italy and switched to competing for Thailand, as she holds dual citizenship with the country. Chanloung competed for Thailand at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. However, her results did not count towards the official results as she had not met the requirements to compete for The team (the minimum amount of time had not"
"Parapadsorn Disdamrong Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda (Thai:ปรภัสสร วรสิรินดา, born December 10, 1990), is a Thai beauty queen. Her nickname is Pla (Thai: ปลา). She is from Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand. She graduated from Faculty of Communication Arts, Rangsit University, majoring in Marketing Communications. She started competing in beauty contests when she was 19. She finished Top 10 in Thailand Supermodel Contest and Top 10 in Miss Thailand World before winning Miss Grand Thailand. In June 2014, she won the Miss Grand Thailand 2014 pageant. In October 2014, she appeared in the Miss Grand International 2014 pageant, and finished in the Top 10."
"Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014. This marked the return of the Virgin Islands to the Winter Olympics after missing the 2010 edition, and was their sixth time competing at a Winter Olympic Games. The USVI team consisted of one athlete in alpine skiing, Jasmine Campbell. She finished 56th in the giant slalom and 43rd in the slalom. The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee was first recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1966."
"a discretionary pick. Rosie Mancari Rosie Mancari (born January 22, 1994) is an American snowboarder. She has been named to the United States Olympic team in snowboardcross for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Rosie Mancari was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Her parents own Denali Sightseeing Safari, a company which provides tours of Denali National Park via truck. She has two sisters and one brother. Rosie began snowboarding competitively at age fourteen. Rosie graduated early from South High to move to Steamboat Springs, Colorado to further her training in slalom and giant slalom racing. She then switched to"
"Vanessa Herrmann Vanessa Phuang Herrmann Muangkod (; ), nicknamed Na-Chatra (; ) or Van (; ) (born July 17, 1991 in Phuket, Thailand) is Miss Thailand World 2012. She was crowned Miss Thailand World 2012 on March 24, 2012 by Patcharida Blatchford, Miss Thailand World 2011. She represented Thailand in Miss World 2012 at Ordos, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. On March 24, 2012, she was crowned Miss Thailand World 2012 by Patcharida Blatchford, the reigning 2011 Miss Thailand World. She also won the Miss Top Model, Miss Beauty with a Purpose in Fast Tack and Best Body award."
"and chose to send the one that was born in Thailand and had qualified for more events. Kanes Sucharitakul was 21 years old at the time of the Sochi Olympics. On 19 February Sucharitakul participated in the giant slalom, he competed his runs in 1 minute and 37.82 seconds and 1 minute and 37.24 seconds. His total time of 3 minutes and 15 seconds put him in 65th position, out of 72 athletes who completed the race. On 22 February he did not complete the first run of the slalom race. Vanessa Vanakorn, a classical violinist who performs under the"
"of supposedly fixed Sochi Winter Olympics qualifications for the Thai ski team at Krvavec in January 2014 – with the only goal to successfully qualify Vanessa Mae. However, no formal bans were ever handed out. On 11 November 2014, the International Ski Federation (FIS) Hearing Panel issued its own findings about the Krvavec event less than 10 months earlier: The weather was such that no regular race could be held; the competition's referee said that ""any comparable competition in Slovenia would have been cancelled"". A previously retired competitor took part in the alleged competition solely to lower (improve) the scores"
"total of 9 singles ITF titles and 6 doubles ITF titles. Suchanun Viratprasert Suchanun Viratprasert (; born January 1, 1983) is a Thai former professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 172, which she reached on August 9, 2004. Her career high doubles ranking is 357, set on February 9, 2004. Viratprasert was also a regular competitor for the Thailand Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group II in 2005 and 2006, after beating Australia and Croatia in their play-off matches. In 2004, she helped the Thailand team gain promotion to World Group II,"
"(2009–2012, 2015), and 3 consecutive titles in the combined (2010–2012). In 2016, she won her 20th World Cup crystal globe title, an all-time record among men or women, passing Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, who won 19 globes from 1975 to 1984. She has the second highest super ranking of all skiers, men or women. Vonn is one of 6 women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing—downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom and super combined—and has won 82 World Cup races in her career through February 3, 2018. Her 82 World Cup victories are an"
"the 2002 Games, Nagvajara took part in the 30 km race, but was eliminated after being lapped. He then competed in the 1.5 km sprint, and finished 68th out of 71 with a time of 4:14.55 - behind Cameroon's Isaac Menyoli, and ahead of Costa Rica's Arturo Kinch. At the 2006 Games, he competed in the 15 km classical race. He finished 97th, with a time of 1:07:15.9. Prawat Nagvajara Prawat Nagvajara (), born December 1, 1958, is a Thai academic and cross-country skier. He is the first person ever to have represented Thailand at the Winter Olympic Games, having"
"Weluree Ditsayabut Weluree Ditsayabut (; ), nickname Fai () (born February 6, 1992 in Tha Muang, Kanchanaburi) is a Thai beauty queen who held the Miss Universe Thailand 2014 and was about to represent her country at Miss Universe 2014 until her resignation on 9 June. Weluree was born in Tha Muang, Kanchanaburi on February 6, 1992. She graduated from Visuttharangsi School in Kanchanaburi and she studied Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University. Weluree was crowned Miss Universe Thailand 2014 represented Kanchanaburi on May 17, 2014 at Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon in Bangkok, beating early bookie's favorite Pimbongkod Chankaew who"
"for unknown reasons. Thailand entered two female figure skaters in the ladies individual competition. Thailand will compete in the freestyle skiing competition with one male athlete. Robert-Worachai Pinsent will also compete in alpine skiing. Thailand has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in division one. Thailand's men's team finished in first place (5th place overall) in division 1 of the competition. Thailand's short track speed skating team consisted of three male athletes. Thailand's speed skating team consisted of one female athlete. Thailand at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Thailand is scheduled to compete in the"
"""legioneri"" by the Russian Olympic Team has caused both joy and controversy inside Russia. The foreign origin naturalized Russian Olympians have sparked some questioning about the state of native Russian athletes. While in other quarters, the fact that Russia is now attracting Olympic level competitors instead of only losing them to other countries is a sign of progress. Many of the adopted sportspeople have been warmly embraced by Russians. Following the games in July, four Slovenian officials were suspended for four years from FIS after they helped to falsify times and rankings to allow alpine skier Vanessa Vanakorn (best known"
"(FIS). Note: Until the 1994 Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system. Vida Vencienė Vida Vencienė (maiden name Vida Mogenytė; born 28 May 1961 in Ukmergė) is a former cross-country skier who represented the USSR and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR. Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 7th in the 30 km event in 1989. She also finished 2nd in a 10 km event in a"
"was won by Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States in 1 minute and 44.54 seconds; silver and bronze were both earned by Austrians, Marlies Schild and Kathrin Zettel respectively. Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014. This marked the return of the Virgin Islands to the Winter Olympics after missing the 2010 edition, and was their sixth time competing at a Winter Olympic Games. The USVI team consisted of one athlete in alpine skiing, Jasmine Campbell."
"Thailand had no Alpine skiers in the top 500, and Olympic rules allowed such countries to send one man and one woman to the Olympics slalom and giant slalom, based on alternative criteria: The skier must have 140 points or less, smaller scores being better under the International Ski Federation (FIS) system, while starting at least five internationally recognised slalom or giant slalom events. At the request of Vanessa-Mae's management and the Thai Olympic Committee, a giant slalom competition was organised by the Alpine Ski Club Triglav and took place on 18 and 19 January 2014 at Krvavec in Slovenia,"
"together with his brother Pichaya Nitipaisalkul, better known as ""Golf"" in the lakorn called ""Raak Boon"" where she played a girl with sixth sense. Margie graduate a bachelor of business administration from Assumption University By 2014 she is once again paired with Wayupak Montra co-star Pakorn Chatborirak in ""Nai Suan Kwan"". Rasri Balenciaga Chirathiwat Rasri Balenciaga (born August 22, 1990 in Thailand) is a Thai-Spanish actress and model. She first appeared in the lakorn called ""Kularb Tud Petch"" with Kittikun Sumridpansuk. She is known for playing Thichakorn ""Kati"" in the 4 in a 1 series called ""4 Hua Jai Haeng"
"and is now held by Simon Ammann with a jump of 108.0 meters. In 2011, it was announced that women's ski jumping on the normal hill would be included in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Van said, ""I was kind of numb when I heard. People expected me to be ecstatic, but I'd been after this for so long, it just didn't sink in at first."" In July 2011, nerve tissues in one of her legs became a problem. On the appeal of her sport, Van has said, ""You are up the in the air and for a minute it's as"
"overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they failed to qualify for the final. Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen (formerly Jutamass Thavoncharoen) (born December 21, 1981 in Bangkok) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand. Thavoncharoen represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed sixth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time of 11.82 seconds. Together with Sangwan Jaksunin, Orranut Klomdee and Nongnuch Sanrat she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay. In their"