# Runa Pradhan

_Nepalese swimmer_

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Last updated: 2026-10-15

> 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 5 December 1984 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16223375#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Kathmandu ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16223375#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16223375#P27))
- **Occupation:** swimmer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16223375#P106))

## Questions

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

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Runa Pradhan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runa_Pradhan) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q16223375](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16223375) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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