Runa Pradhan
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Runa Pradhan |
| National team |  Nepal |
| Born | 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]
