birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
kathmandu , nepal 48 kg lb 0 on 1.55 0 on 5 december 1984 runa pradhan
 freestyle runa pradhan
runa pradhan

runa pradhan -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born december 5 , 1984 in kathmandu -rrb- is a retired nepalese 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 .
