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'''Soma Biswas''' (born 16 May 1978 in [[Ranaghat]][http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061220/asp/telekids/story_7159815.asp]) is an athlete who lives in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] and who specialises in the [[heptathlon]]. She rose to fame when she won the silver medal in [[2002 Asian Games]] in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]]. She won another silver medal at the [[2006 Asian Games]] in [[Doha]]. She won the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the 800m during that heptathlon. Biswas worked with Kuntal Rai and several foreign coaches. | '''Soma Biswas''' (born 16 May 1978 in [[Ranaghat]][http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061220/asp/telekids/story_7159815.asp]) is an athlete who lives in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] and who specialises in the [[heptathlon]]. She rose to fame when she won the silver medal in [[2002 Asian Games]] in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]]. She won another silver medal at the [[2006 Asian Games]] in [[Doha]]. She won the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the 800m during that heptathlon. Biswas worked with Kuntal Rai and several foreign coaches. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/tamil/sport-51557563 | title=இந்திய விளையாட்டு வீராங்கனைகள் இதுவரை வென்றுள்ள பதக்கங்கள் எத்தனை? | publisher=BBC Tamil | date=25 February 2020 | accessdate=13 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianathletics.in/medal-winners-of-asian-games/ | title=MEDAL WINNERS OF ASIAN GAMES | publisher=Athletics Federation of India | accessdate=13 July 2021}}</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of Indian women athletes]] | * [[List of Indian women athletes]] | ||
==References== | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://www.bcdaaa.org/og2004/somabiswas.htm Soma Biswas at Athens] | *[http://www.bcdaaa.org/og2004/somabiswas.htm Soma Biswas at Athens] | ||
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian women]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]] | |||
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]] | [[Category:21st-century Indian women]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]] | |||
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kolkata]] | [[Category:Sportswomen from Kolkata]] | ||
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]] | [[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]] | ||