| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bhim Bahadur Gurung |
| Nationality | Nepalese |
| Born | 22 April 1981 Thumi |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Nepal |
| Sport | Skyrunning Trail running |
| Event(s) | Vertical Kilometer SkyMarathon |
| Club | Trial Running Nepal |
Bhim Gurung (born 22 April 1981) is a Nepalese male sky runner, who won four races of the Skyrunning World Series international circuit, also setting the record in 2016 Kima Trophy. [1]
In 2017 he was second in Sky Extreme World Cup behind the British Jonathan Albon. [2]
| Season | Date | Race | Venue | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 30 April | Yading Skyrun |  Yading | SkyRace |
| 28 August | Kima Trophy |  Val Masino | Sky Ultra | |
| 2017 | 2 May | Yading Skyrun | Yading | SkyRace |
| 1 July | Royal Ultra Sky Marathon | Ceresole Reale | Sky Ultra |
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Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal commonly known as Bhim Rawal is a CPN-UML presently Nepal Communist Party politician. He is former Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister of Nepal in Oli cabinet, 2015 and former Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal in Madhav Nepal cabinet. He was also Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet from 1998 - 1999 and Minister of State for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Manmohan Adhikari Cabinet. He was the vice chairman of Communist Party of Nepal. He was taken as prospective future Prime Minister and CPN-UML chairman by his cadres during 2017 Nepalese legislative election campaign. He won the election from Achham 1 defeating Bharat Swar. He is currently Standing Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party and Sudurpashchim Province Committee Incharge of Nepal Communist Party.
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