Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency: Swapna Barman (born 29 October 1996) is an Indian heptathlete and politician. She won the gold medal at 2018 Asian Games and placed first in the Heptathlon at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships.[2] In August 2019, she was honoured with the Arjuna Award.[3] In 2022, she took gold medals in the high jump and the heptathlon at the National Games of India.