Bidhan Lama (विधान लामा) is a Nepalese

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practitioner who competed in the −50 kg division. He won the first Medal at Asian Game from Nepal. He won bronze medals at the 1986 Asian Games,

1987 World Taekwondo Championships The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries. Medal summary Men Women ...

and at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, where taekwondo was then an exhibition event. He is the only sports person from Nepal to win an Olympic medal. Bidhan Lama is the most successful and historical medal winning athlete of Nepali sports. Lama defeated the U.K.

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(GBR) in the first fight in the

, defeated the Germans Choi Chan-ok (FRG) in the quarter-final and defeated the Americans Juan Moreno (USA) in the Semi-final to give Nepal the bronze medal. Although this is a demonstration game, this is a historic medal for

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. Lama won the first and historic silver medal for Nepal in the 1988 Asian Taekwondo Championships. At that time, the biggest and most historic medal of Nepali Taekwondo was the first medal.

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Living people Nepalese male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Nepal Taekwondo practitioners at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Nepal Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games People from Kavrepalanchok District World Taekwondo Championships medalists 1966 births {{Nepal-taekwondo-bio-stub