Table of Biography
Swapna Barman is a heptathlete from India. Swapna Barman won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and placed first in the Heptathlon at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.
Early Life
Swapna Barman was born on the 29th of October 1996, in Ghoshpara, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. She holds an Indian nationality while she practices the Hindu religion.
Currently, she is 27 years old and has a birth sign of Scorpio. She belongs to the Kshatriya caste.
Caption: Swapna Barman’s parents (Source: India Today)
Barman was born into a poor Rajbongshi family. She was born to her parents; Panchanan Barman and Basana Barman. Her father is a rickshaw puller and her mother worked in a tea estate.
Sadly, her father was bedridden after having suffered a stroke in 2013. She grew up with her brother and two sisters whose names are unknown at the moment.
Swapna Barman – Education
Moving on to her academics, she went to Charuchandra College, Kolkata after completing high school.
Professional Career
From her childhood days, Swapna Barman was interested in sports. When she first approached her coach, Subhash Sarkar, for high jump training, he turned her down. He was also looking for athletes from other sports. Barman’s high jump performance was so strong that he changed his mind and chose her for training.
Caption: Swapna Barman finished with a season’s best aggregate of 5993 points to win silver in the heptathlon event at the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha (Source: NewsClick)
In 2014, Barman finished fifth at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. In 2016, she got a 1.5 lakh scholarship in recognition of her talent. She finished first in the Heptathlon at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium. Moreover, she also won gold at the 2017 Patiala Federation Cup.
Recent Career
She won gold in the women’s heptathlon (100m, High Jump, 200m, Shot Put, Javelin Throw, Long Jump, and 800m) at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, increasing India’s medal tally in the Asian Games.
Further, she was the first Indian heptathlete to win gold at the Asian Games. After winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the Government of West Bengal rewarded her ₹10 lakh.
She lost funding in 2020 but stated that she would continue to train at her home in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
In addition, she won gold in the heptathlon at the 2021 Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, and she competed in the heptathlon at the National Games in 2022. She won an unexpected gold medal when she broke the high jump games record of 1.83m.
This Indian athlete also took first in the javelin and the 100m hurdles. She won gold in the heptathlon and hinted that if she had a sponsor for some support staff, she would have scored even higher.
Awards
Caption: Swapna Barman winning the gold medal (Source: Wikipedia)
In her heptathlete career, she has been able to earn several games and awards. Till now, she has earned three gold medals and one silver medal competing in several tournaments. In 2019, she was also awarded the Arjuna Award.
Net Worth 2024
Through her sporting career, she has made a good living. However, her current net worth, income, and salary are still missing. As of 2018, her net worth was estimated at around Rs. 54.4 Lakhs Indian rupees.
Relationship Status
At the moment, Swapna Barman is focused and busy on her sporting career. Coming toward her personal life, she has kept her love life and relations a secret. There is no news regarding her relationship at the moment and prefers to live a low profile.
Meanwhile, This Indian heptathlete has kept her away from scandals and controversy. Currently, she is focused on her career and avoids such things which can harm her career.
Body Measurements
Caption: Swapna Barman posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
This beautiful heptathlete stands 5 feet 3 inches tall (1.6 m) and weighs around 50 kg (110 lbs). Meanwhile, she has a black pair of eyes with black hair color and her body measurement measures 32-28-32 inches.
Swapna Barman – Social Media
On her Instagram page ‘@swapnabarmanofficial’ there are over 5.5k followers. Likewise, there are over 20.2k followers on her Twitter page ‘@Swapna_Barman96’ and over 9.8k followers on her Facebook page.