Hari Bahadur Rokaya now holds the record for the fastest completion of a marathon held at the highest altitude by winning the Everest Marathon. Rokaya had also won the marathon, held in Namche Bazar of Nepal, three times previously.
He won first place in the competition in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He also set a world record in 1999 by completing the competition in 3 hours 56 minutes and 10 seconds. In 2000, he broke his own record and ran the marathon in less than 3 hours, 50 minutes and 23 seconds.
