Soman Rana

Rana is from Bihar. He is employed with the Indian Army as a 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.^[3][4] He is currently supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a sports NGO.

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 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.^[2] In 2019, he represented India at the Dubai 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in the men's shot put F56/57.^[5] In 2021, he won a gold at the Tunis World Para Athletics Grand Prix.^[4] He won a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China.^[6]

In February 2025, Rana won the gold medal at the National Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. He defeated Hokato Hotozhe Sema, the Paris Paralympic bronze medallist, in the F57 category with a throw of 14.42m.^[1]