Arjun Kumar Basnet

Arjun Kumar Basnet
Personal information
Nationality Nepalese
Born (1975-12-05) 5 December 1975
Kangel,    Nepal
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Club Tribhuvan Army Club (NEP)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Marathon: 2:23:09

Arjun Kumar Basnet (Nepali: अर्जुन कुमार बस्नेत) (born December 5, 1975 in Kangel) is a Nepalese marathon runner.[1] Basnet represented Nepal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon. He finished the race in forty-fifth place by approximately quarter of a minute (about 26 seconds) behind South Africa's Hendrick Ramaala, with his personal best time of 2:23:09.[2]

References

  1. "Arjun Kumar Basnet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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