Hem Bunting ( km, ហែម ប៊ុនទីង, born December 12, 1985) is a

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er. Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in Stung Treng Province. The

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has described him as "so poor he lives in the crumbling athletics stadium where he trains". He won a silver medal in the marathon and a bronze at the 5,000 metre race at the

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. He represented Cambodia in the marathon at the

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, finishing 73rd in a time of 2:33:32."Against the Odds: Hem Bunting"
BBC, July 21, 2008 Bunting had few facilities and little funding to prepare for the Olympics. He trained by running laps on a track simultaneously used by casual joggers, and could not afford to buy running shoes. The BBC's article on him moved one reader to send him new training shoes prior to the Beijing Olympics. He has made a significant effort in his second Marathon outing of 2012 after finishing in top 50 (42nd) at the

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on April 15 with a personal best of 2:23:29. The time also improved on his previous national record 2:25:20 set during

2009 Southeast Asian Games ) , Nations participating = 11 , Athletes participating = 3100 , Events = 372 in 25 sports , Opening ceremony = 9 December 2009 , Closing ceremony = 18 December 2009 , Officially opened by = Choummaly Sayason ...

in Vientiane where he won a bronze medal. Not only that, his official intermediate time at half marathon shows 1:09:04, which is a new national record.Jad Adrian (April 2012
Cambodian Hem Bunting Renews National Record 2:23:29 at Paris Marathon
www.adriansprints.com, Retrieved 16 April 2012.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *1500 m – 4:03.87 (Incheon 2005) *5000 m – 14:24.71 (Nakhon Ratchasema 2007) *Half Marathon – 1:11:47 (Khon Kaen 2008) *Marathon – 2:23:29 (Paris 2012) Indoor *1500 m – 4:06.10 (Pattaya 2006) *3000 m – 9:02.00 (Pattaya 2006)

References

External links

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BBC News video about Hem Bunting
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Cambodia Cambodian male marathon runners 1985 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Cambodian male middle-distance runners Cambodian male long-distance runners SEA Games medalists in athletics SEA Games silver medalists for Cambodia SEA Games bronze medalists for Cambodia Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Asian Games competitors for Cambodia {{Cambodia-athletics-bio-stub