Subedar

Basanta Bahadur Rana

Basanta Bahadur Rana in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1984-01-18) 18 January 1984 (age 40) Chamkipur, Nawalparasi, Nepal
Military career
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Army
Rank	Subedar
Unit	Gorkha Rifles
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Track and field
Event	50 km walk
Club	Services Sport Control Board, Delhi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	3:56:48 (London 2012) NR
Updated on 11 August 2012.

Sepoy Basanta Bahadur Rana (born 18 January 1984 in Chamkipur, Nawalparasi District, 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.^{[citation needed]}

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, Nepal.^[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]