Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari ( ne, राजेन्द्र बहादुर भण्डारी) (born 14 November 1975) is a

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 ...

ese

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and

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who has won two silver medals at the

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and two gold medals at the

10th Asian Games The 1986 Asian Games ( ko, 1986년 아시아 경기대회/1986년 아시안 게임, Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Cheon gubaek palsip-yuk nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad ( ko, 제10� ...

. Rajendra Bhandari was born in Chock Chisapani-9 V.D.C. (22 km from

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bazar of

Tanahun Tanahun District ( ne, तनहुँ जिल्ला , or ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Damauli as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2011) ...

District) (now

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) in a

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Bhandari

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration fro ...

family. He is one of two siblings with his younger brother Santosh Bhandari. As of 2014, Bhandari lives in

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. 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 Durabolin – an event which brought wider attention to the usage of

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in Nepal. In 2007 Bhandari was found guilty of norandrosterone doping. The sample was delivered on 25 August 2006 in an in-competition test at the

2006 South Asian Games The 2006 South Asian Games (also known as the 10th South Asian Games) were held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 18 August to 28 August 2006, in the Sugathadasa Stadium with more than 2000 sportspersons competing in the record 20 disciplines of Sports ...

. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008. He returned at the

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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.Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-02-10)
South Asian Games – India dominates, but Pakistan’s Naseem Hameed steals the show

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. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.

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* 1975 births Living people People from Tanahun District Nepalese male long-distance runners Nepalese male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Nepal Doping cases in athletics Nepalese sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for Nepal Asian Games competitors for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in athletics {{Nepal-athletics-bio-stub

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