Basanta Bahadur Rana

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Basanta Bahadur Rana
Basanta Bahadur Rana in 2013
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1984-01-18) 18 January 1984 (age 40)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportTrack and field
Event50 km walk
ClubServices Sport Control Board, Delhi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests3:56:48 (London 2012) NR
Updated on 11 August 2012

Basanta Bahadur Rana (born 18 January 1984 in Chamkipur, Nepal[1]) is an Indian athlete who competes in racewalking.[2] He represented India in the 50 km race walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. His personal best in this event before the Games was 4:02:13 and he bettered it by clocking a time of 3:56:48, a new national record.

2012 Summer Olympics

Basanta qualified for the Olympics at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia in May 2012, with a B qualifying standard. He was trained by the former national record holder Gurdev Singh. In the 1960 Olympics at Rome, Zora Singh was 8th clocking 4:37:44.6s.

Basanta finished 36th in the event by setting a new national record of 3:56:48. By setting this record, Basanta broke the previous national record of 4:16:22 clocked by his mentor Gurdev Singh who had set it in Hyderabad in 2005.[3]

Personal life

Basanta is from a hamlet, located 12 hours north of Kathmandu. [4] He joined the Indian army in 2002 and is currently serving at the Gorkha Regiment. Basanta is supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company[5]

References

  1. ^ Sports-Reference profile
  2. ^ IAAF Profile
  3. ^ Shreedutta Chidananda (2012-07-08). "FEATURES / SUNDAY MAGAZINE : The loneliness of the long-distance walkers". The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  4. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/london-olympics-2012/olympics-2012-teamindia/basantrana.cms
  5. ^ "An introduction to Indian long distance walkers". The Hindu. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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