Sonia Khatun
Female swimmer from Bangladesh (* 1999)
Mst Sonia Khatun (born 10 September 1999) is a Bangladeshi swimmer. She represented Bangladesh at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the women's 50m freestyle as the only female athlete from Bangladesh. She placed 64th out of 79 swimmers in the event. Prior to taking part in the Olympics, Khatun criticized Bangladeshi athletics for not investing in athletes success, including better training facilities so Bangladesh would not have to keep relying on universality place rules. In an interview ahead of the Games in response to being asked why Bangladesh has no swimming medals she said, "We have a lot of weaknesses such as we don’t do the long-term camp, we can’t do camp during the winter as we have some issue arranging warm water. Also, we don’t have any indoor swimming pool, so we can’t continue our practice during the natural disaster. Our equipment is not updated. We have to depend on the federation or our agencies for the updated equipment as those are very costly.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Sonia Khatun” is female swimmer from Bangladesh (* 1999). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Sonia, Khatun and Female, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “female swimmer from Bangladesh (* 1999)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q131010260. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 2024.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Sonia Khatun”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Sonia Khatun primary sources, Sonia Khatun archive and Sonia research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sonia Khatun”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Sonia Khatun” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.