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{{Infobox athlete<br />
| name = Purnima Hembram<br />
| image = Purnima Hembram Of India, Bronze Medalist, Heptathlon.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| caption = Hembram at the 2017 Asian Championships<br />
| fullname = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|07|10|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mayurbhanj District]]<br />
| height = 1.67 m<ref name=r2>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6017706-purnima-hembram.htm|title=2018 CWG bio|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref><br />
| weight = 64 kg<br />
| alma_mater = [[Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences]]<ref name=r1>[https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/HEMBRAM-Purnima-3000762/ Purnima Hembram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903082429/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/HEMBRAM-Purnima-3000762/ |date=3 September 2018 }} asiangames2018.id</ref><br />
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]<br />
| event = [[Heptathlon]]<br />
| club = <br />
| education = <br />
| coach = Sushanta Roy<br>Santosh Kumar Mahanta<br>Sanjay Garanayak<ref name=r2/><br />
| medaltemplates =<br />
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze| [[2015 Asian Athletics Championships|2015 Wuhan]] | [[2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze| [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneswar]] | [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition | [[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]] }}<br />
{{Medal|Gold | [[2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017 Ashgabat]] | Pentathlon }}<br />
}}<br />
'''Purnima Hembram''' (born 10 July 1993) is an [[India]]n track and field athlete. She won bronze medals in the [[heptathlon]] at the 2015 and 2017 Asian Championships and placed fourth at the [[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's heptathlon|2018 Asian Games]].<ref name=r1/><br />
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==Life==<br />
Hembram is from the Santhal tribe from Mayurbhanj, Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adivasiresurgence.com/purnima-hembram-santhal-tribe-bags-pentathlon-gold-india-asian-indoor-meet/|title=Purnima Hembram of Santhal tribe bags pentathlon gold for India at Asian indoor meet – Adivasi Resurgence|website=www.adivasiresurgence.com|language=en-US|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref> She was born in 1993 to Dukhia and Dhania Hembram, and has two brothers, Durga and Doman and one sister Singo.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Hembram was declared Biju Patnaik Sportsman of the Year in 2015 and she was given a prize of 200,000 rupees.<ref name=pat/><br />
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In 2017 she was given a grant of 300,000 rupees on 1 July just before the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] by Orissa Chief minister [[Naveen Patnaik]].<ref name="pat">{{Cite web|url=http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTky|title=Orisports.com|last=Pani|first=Sanatan|website=orisports.com|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref> Her colleague [[Swapna Barman]] collapsed during the final event of the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon]]<ref name=index/> which was the 800 metres. However Barman still took the gold.<ref name="iaaf">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/swapna-barman-287791|title=IAAF: Swapna Barman {{!}} Profile|website=iaaf.org|access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref> [[Meg Hemphill]] of Japan took the silver and Hembram took the bronze medal.<br />
<ref name="index">{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/could-never-afford-nutritious-food-required-by-athlete-asian-gold-medallist-swapna-barmans-father-4745931/|title=Could never afford nutritious food required by athlete, Asian gold-medallist Swapna Barman’s father|date=11 July 2017|work=The Indian Express|access-date=20 July 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Later that month Hembram took the 100m gold medal at the 57th National Senior Inter-State Athletic Championships in [[Guntur]].<ref name="nat">{{Cite web|url=http://www.orissapost.com/purnima-bags-gold-jauna-clinches-silver/|title=Purnima bags gold, Jauna clinches silver {{!}} Orissa Post|website=www.orissapost.com|language=en-US|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MTky|title=Orisports.com|last=Pani|first=Sanatan|website=orisports.com|access-date=21 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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Hembram won a gold medal at the 5th [[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]] in Ashgabat, [[Turkmenistan]] on 17 September 2017.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/sports/purnima-hembram-makes-india-proud-wins-gold-medal-at-asian-indoor-and-martial-arts-games-330020.html|title=Purnima Hembram Makes India Proud, Wins Gold Medal At Asian Indoor And Martial Arts Games|work=indiatimes.com|access-date=21 September 2017|language=en}}</ref><br />
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