Career
Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in Stung Treng Province. The British Broadcasting Corporation has described him as "so poor he lives in the crumbling athletics stadium where he trains". He represented Cambodia in the marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing 73rd in a time of 2:33:32.
Bunting had few facilities and little funding to prepare for the Olympics.
He trained by running laps on a track simultaneously used by casual joggers, and could not afford to buy running shoes. The British Broadcasting Corporation"s article on him moved one reader to send him new training shoes prior to the Beijing Olympics.
He has made a significant effort in his second Marathon outing of 2012 after finishing in top 50 (42nd) at the Paris Marathon on April 15 with a personal best of 2:23:29. Not only that, his official intermediate time at half marathon shows 1:09:04, which is a new national record.
Outdoor
1500 m – 4:03.87 (Incheon 2005)
5000 m – 14:24.71 (Nakhon Ratchasema 2007)
Half Marathon – 1:11:47 (Khon Kaen 2008)
Marathon – 2:23:29 (Paris 2012)
Indoor
1500 m – 4:06.10 (Pattaya 2006)
3000 m – 9:02.00 (Pattaya 2006).