Nationality Nepal Event(s) Marathon Sport Athletics | Weight 58 kg (128 lb) Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 ⁄2 in) Name Arjun Basnet | |
Born 5 December 1975 (age 48) ( 1975-12-05 ) Kangel, Nepal Club Tribhuvan Army Club (NEP) | ||
Arjun Kumar Basnet (Nepali: अर्जुन कुमार बस्नेत) (born December 5, 1975 in Kangel) is a Nepalese marathon runner. 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.
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