Saraswati Bhattarai

Saraswati Bhattarai
nation	Nepal
birthday	8th March 1994 (age 26)
size	163 cm
Weight	46 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
society	Tribhuvan Army Club
status	active
last change: December 12, 2019

Saraswati Bhattarai (born March 8, 1994 ) is a Nepalese middle-distance runner .

Athletic career

Saraswati Bhattarai gained her first international experience at the South Asian Games 2016 in Guwahati , where she finished fifth over 800 and 1500 meters in 2: 14.35 min and 4: 40.15 min. Thanks to a wildcard, she was allowed to take part in the 1,500 meter run at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated from the preliminary round with a new national record of 4: 33.94 minutes . In the following year she took part in the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar over both distances , but did not reach the final with either 2: 13.99 minutes or 4: 41.43 minutes. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta and reached 14th place over 1500 meters in 4: 34.26 minutes, while she was eliminated in the 800-meter run with 2: 12.85 minutes in the lead. At the Military World Games in Wuhan in 2019 , she did not reach the final over 800 meters with 2: 15.01 min and was over 1500 meters in 4: 41.73 min 14th. She then finished at the South Asian Games in Kathmandu in 2: 12.67 min took fourth place over 800 meters and reached sixth place over 1500 meters in 4: 41.66 min.

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 2: 12.67 min, December 7, 2019 in Kathmandu
• 1500 meters: 4: 33.94 min, August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro ( Nepalese record )

Web links

• Saraswati Bhattarai in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Saraswati Bhattarai in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )