Soma Biswas

Soma Biswas (born 16 May 1978 in Ranaghat[1]) 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 managed to win the 110m hurdles, the 200m and the 800m during that heptathlon. Biswas worked with Kuntal Rai and several foreign coaches.

• She was one of the recipients of the prestigious Arjuna Award for Athletics. (year 2003) [1]