Runa Pradhan

Runa Pradhan
Personal information
Full name Runa Pradhan
National team    Nepal
Born (1984-12-05) 5 December 1984
Kathmandu, Nepal
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Runa Pradhan (Nepali: रुना प्रधान) (born December 5, 1984) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Pradhan competed for Nepal, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2] She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 31.70.[3] She challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including Cambodia's two-time Olympian Hem Raksmey and Maldives' 13-year-old Fariha Fathimath. She scorched the field to race for the third seed in 31.28, cutting off her lifetime best and a Nepalese record by 0.42 seconds. Pradhan failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed sixty-sixth overall in the prelims.[4][5][6]

References

  1. "Runa Pradhan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. Humagain, Mukul (24 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Not a chance". Nepali Times. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 164. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. Goonetilleke, Asoka (24 September 2000). "Susanthika qualifies for 100m semis". The Island (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
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