Soma Biswas (born 16 May 1978 in Ranaghat

is an athlete who lives in

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and who specialises in the heptathlon. She rose to fame when she won the silver medal in 2002 Asian Games in

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. She won another silver medal at the

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. She won the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the 800m during that heptathlon. Biswas worked with Kuntal Rai and several foreign coaches.

Awards

*She was one of the recipients of the prestigious Arjuna Award for Athletics (year 2003).

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Soma Biswas at AthensProfile at Doha 2006
1978 births Living people Indian heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Athletes from Kolkata Sportswomen from West Bengal Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Sportswomen from Kolkata Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{India-athletics-bio-stub

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