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Duana Lama is a Nepalese swimmer who represented Nepal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships and the 2024 Olympics. [1]
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Duana Lama is a Nepalese swimmer who represented Nepal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships and the 2024 Olympics. [1]
She was born in 2006 to a Nepalese father and an Irish mother. She is a student at the British International School, Phuket.[ citation needed ]
In the 2019 South Asian Games, she won two silver and two bronze medals. [2]
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The British International School, Phuket is an English-medium, co-educational, day and boarding school, established in 1996. The 44 acre campus includes eight boarding houses, primary and secondary schools, and sports facilities including swimming pools, tennis courts, football pitches, and golf centre. The student population consists of 850 day and boarding students, with 60 nationalities represented.
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