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Runa Pradhan

रुना प्रधान

Nepalese swimmer

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Runa Pradhan is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Pradhan competed for Nepal, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 31.70. 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.

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Kathmandu wd
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Nepal wd
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When was Runa Pradhan born?
Runa Pradhan was born on 5 December 1984 in Kathmandu.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Runa Pradhan · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q16223375 · CC0 1.0

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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"Runa Pradhan". DigiNepal. Last updated 15 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/runa-pradhan. Retrieved 5 November 2026.

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