| Birth Place: | Panchthar, Nepal |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Weight Class: | 57 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | R32 |
| Olympics Year: | 2024 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | R64 |
| Worlds Year: | 2017 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Worlds Year2: | 2018 |
| Worlds Weight2: | Women's 57 kg |
| Worlds Year3: | 2019 |
| Worlds Weight3: | Women's 57 kg |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | R16 |
| Regionals Year: | 2016 |
| Regionals Year2: | 2017 |
| Regionals Year3: | 2019 |
| Regionals Year4: | 2023 |
| Regionals Weight4: | Women's 57 kg |
| Regionals Year5: | 2024 |
| Updated: | 29 July 2024 |
Manita Shrestha Pradhan (born 1 June 1999) is a Nepalese judoka.[1]
Born in Panchthar, she stayed as a child at Prisoners Aid Mission in Kathmandu. She started judo in 2009.[2] [3] She attended Bal Bikas Secondary School in Ranibari, Kathmandu.[4]
She won a silver medal in the 57kg category at the 2016 South Asian Games in Shillong, India. In 2017, she won a bronze medal in the women’s below-57kg weight category in the 11th Asian Cadet and 18th Juniors Asian Judo Championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.[5] [6]
She became the first Nepali woman judoka to win a bout at the Asian Judo Championships, in Hong Kong in May 2017.[7] She competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.[8] She was selected for the World Judo Championship in Tokyo, in August 2019.[9]
Coached by Devu Thapa, she received a scholarship from the Nepalese Olympic Committee in 2022.[10] [11] She competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[12]
She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics in July 2024 in the -57kg category.[2] [13]