Runa Pradhan () (born December 5, 1984) is a Nepalese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Pradhan competed for

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, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 50 m freestyle at the

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. She received a ticket from

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, 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.

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* 1984 births Living people Nepalese female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Nepal Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Nepalese female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Kathmandu 21st-century Nepalese sportswomen {{Nepal-swimming-bio-stub