1999 South Asian Games
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The 1999 South Asian Games (or 8th SAF Games) were held in Kathmandu, Nepal
from September 25 to October 4, 1999.
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Pramila Thapa is one of the best taekwondo player in Nepal taekwondo history. Her gold medal was the first gold medal in Nepal's taekwondo history and sports council's history.
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
from September 25 to October 4, 1999.
Medal tally
| 1 |  India |
102 | 58 | 37 | 197 |
| 2 |  Nepal |
31 | 10 | 24 | 65 |
| 3 |  Sri Lanka |
16 | 42 | 62 | 120 |
| 4 |  Pakistan |
10 | 36 | 30 | 76 |
| 5 |  Bangladesh |
2 | 10 | 35 | 47 |
| 6 |  Bhutan |
1 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 |  Maldives |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Trivia
28 Golds of Nepal came from TaekwondoTaekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
and Karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
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Pramila Thapa is one of the best taekwondo player in Nepal taekwondo history. Her gold medal was the first gold medal in Nepal's taekwondo history and sports council's history.