Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari () (born 14 November 1975) is a

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who has won two silver medals at the 9th Asian Games and two gold medals at the 10th Asian Games. Rajendra Bhandari was born in Chock Chisapani-9 V.D.C. (22 km from

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bazar of

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District) (now

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Bhandari

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family. He is one of two siblings with his younger brother Santosh Bhandari. As of 2014, Bhandari lives in

. In line with family tradition, he had an arranged marriage with Shanta Thapa in 1996. They have two children: a son Roshan Bhandari and a daughter Pramila Bhandari. He tested positive for Deca Durabolin – an event which brought wider attention to the usage of

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in Nepal. In 2007 Bhandari was found guilty of norandrosterone doping. The sample was delivered on 25 August 2006 in an in-competition test at the

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. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008. He returned at the

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and won the gold medal in the marathon competition. However, the course fell some distance short of the true marathon distance after an organisational mistake.Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-02-10)
South Asian Games – India dominates, but Pakistan’s Naseem Hameed steals the show

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. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.

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* 1975 births Living people People from Tanahun District Sportspeople from Gandaki Province Nepalese male long-distance runners Nepalese male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Nepal Doping cases in athletics Nepalese sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal Asian Games competitors for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in athletics {{Nepal-athletics-bio-stub

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