Hem Bunting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hem Bunting

athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1985

Place of Birth: Stung Treng Province, Cambodia

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Cambodia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Hem Bunting

  • Hem Bunting (Khmer: ??? ???????, born December 12, 1985) is a Cambodian marathoner. Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in Stung Treng Province.
  • The British Broadcasting Corporation 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 2007 Southeast Asian Games.
  • He represented Cambodia in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing 73rd in a time of 2:33:32.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 Paris Marathon 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 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.

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