Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Nepal Army |
| Spouse | Shanta Bhandari |
| Children | 2, (Pramila , Roshan) |
| Parent(s) | Dil Bahadur Bhandari (Father) Parbati Bhandari (Mother) |
Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (
10th Asian Games
.
Rajendra Bhandari was born in Chock Chisapani-9 V.D.C. (22 km from
Hindu Bhandari Chhetri family. He is one of two siblings with his younger brother Santosh Bhandari. As of 2014, Bhandari lives in Kathmandu
. 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
norandrosterone doping. The sample was delivered on 25 August 2006 in an in-competition test at the 2006 South Asian Games. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008.[2]
He returned at the 2010 South Asian Games 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.[3]
See also
- Doping cases in athletics
References
- ^ Kattel, Purushottam (17 December 2006). "Steroids commonplace in Nepali sport". Kantipur Online. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
- ^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2007.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.
External links
- Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari at World Athletics
- Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari at Olympedia
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