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{{Short description|Indian para athlete (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson
| sport = [[Para-athletics]]
| disability_class = [[F57 (classification)|F57]]
| event = [[Shot put]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|1|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bihar]], India
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[para-athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Para Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships|2025 New Delhi]]|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|Shot put F57]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Para Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Asian Para Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Asian Para Games|Shot put F57]]}}
}}

'''Soman Rana''' (16 January 1983) is an Indian [[Para-athletics|para]] [[Shot put|shot putter]] who competes in the [[F57 (classification)|F57]] event.<ref name=":2" /> He has represented India at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]] and [[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paralympics]], finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2023-07-19 |title=Indian para athletes earn 17 quota places for Paris Games, record best ever finish at World Championship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/indian-para-athletes-earn-17-quota-places-for-paris-games-record-best-ever-finish-at-world-championship/articleshow/101960937.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813183803/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/indian-para-athletes-earn-17-quota-places-for-paris-games-record-best-ever-finish-at-world-championship/articleshow/101960937.cms |archive-date=13 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Rana is from Bihar. He is employed with the [[Indian Army]] as a [[Havildar|Havaldar]]. He trains at Army Paralympic Node at BEG and Centre, [[Kirkee]], Pune. He lost his right leg in a mine blast in December 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-28 |title=Havildar Soman Rana from Shillong selected for Tokyo Paralympics 2020 |url=https://hubnetwork.in/havildar-soman-rana-from-shillong-selected-for-tokyo-paralympics-2020/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Hub News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-07-29 |title=Havildar Soman Rana Who Lost A Leg In 2006 Mine Blast Qualifies For Tokyo Paralympics |url=https://news.abplive.com/sports/olympics/soldier-havildar-soman-rana-who-lost-a-leg-in-2006-mine-blast-qualifies-for-tokyo-paralympics-1472845 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en |archive-date=13 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813185543/https://news.abplive.com/sports/olympics/soldier-havildar-soman-rana-who-lost-a-leg-in-2006-mine-blast-qualifies-for-tokyo-paralympics-1472845 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is currently supported by [[Olympic Gold Quest]], a sports NGO.

== Career ==
Rana finished fourth at the [[Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games]] and fifth at the Paris Paralympic Games. Earlier, he earned a quota place for the Paralympics at the [[2023 World Para Athletics Championships|Paris 2023 World Para Athletics Championships]] in July 2023. India won 10 medals apart from earning 17 quota places for the Paris Paralympics, at the world championship.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, he represented India at the Dubai 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in the men's shot put F56/57.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soman Rana - Athletics {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/soman-rana |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en |archive-date=13 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813201056/https://www.paralympic.org/soman-rana |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, he won a gold at the Tunis World Para Athletics Grand Prix.<ref name=":0" /> He won a silver medal at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou, China]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-congratulates-soman-rana-for-winning-silver-in-mens-shot-put-at-asian-para-games/ |title=PM congratulates Soman Rana for winning silver in men's shot put at Asian Para Games | Prime Minister of India |access-date=13 August 2024 |archive-date=17 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217164120/https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-congratulates-soman-rana-for-winning-silver-in-mens-shot-put-at-asian-para-games/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2025, Rana won the gold medal at the National Para Athletics Championships at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in Chennai. He defeated [[Hokato Hotozhe Sema]], the [[Paralympic Games|Paris Paralympic]] bronze medallist, in the F57 category with a throw of 14.42m.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2025-02-19 |title=Soman Rana sprungs a surprise |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/soman-rana-sprungs-a-surprise/article69239040.ece |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=17 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517191341/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/soman-rana-sprungs-a-surprise/article69239040.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian men shot putters]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Paralympic athletes for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]

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