Sonia Aktar

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Sonia Aktar
Sonia Aktar (BANGLADESH) won Bronze Medal, in the Women's swimming 200m Butterfly category, at the 12th South Asian Games-2016, in Guwahati (cropped).jpg
Personal information
NationalityBangladeshi
Born (1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 (age 26)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Guwahati 200m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Guwahati4x100m medley relay

Sonia Aktar Tumba (born 15 July 1997) is a Bangladeshi competitive swimmer.

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 50 metre freestyle, where she ranked at #69 with a time of 29.99 seconds. [1] She did not advance to the semifinal.

In 2022, she represented Bangladesh at the World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

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References

  1. "Sonia Aktar". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.