Purnima Hembram (born 10 July 1993) is an Indian track and field athlete. She won bronze medals in the

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at the 2015 and 2017 Asian Championships and placed fourth at the

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Life

Hembram is from the

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tribe from Mayurbhanj, Odisha. She was born in 1993 to Dukhia and Dhania Hembram, and has two brothers, Durga and Doman and one sister Singo.

Career

Hembram was declared Biju Patnaik Sportsman of the Year in 2015 and she was given a prize of 200,000 rupees. In 2017 she was given a grant of 300,000 rupees on 1 July just before the

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by Orissa Chief minister

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. Her colleague

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collapsed during the final event of the

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which was the 800 metres. However Barman still took the gold.

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of Japan took the silver and Hembram took the bronze medal. Later that month Hembram took the 100m gold medal at the 57th National Senior Inter-State Athletic Championships in

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. Hembram won a gold medal at the 5th

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in Ashgabat,

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on 17 September 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hembram, Purnima 1993 births Living people Santali people People from Mayurbhanj district Sportswomen from Odisha Indian heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Commonwealth Games competitors for India