FULL NAME: Monali Sahoo
GENDER: Female
BORN: 14 September 2003 (Source: Indian Weightlifting Federation and Odisha Weightlifting Association)
PARENTS: Father (Bijay Kumar Sahoo), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at MBS Public School and Kamala Nehru Womens College, Bhubaneswar
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Utkal Karate School, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Hari Prasad Pattanayak
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Utkal Karate School, Khordha, Odisha, India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN WEIGHTLIFTING:

STATE:
*     Won one Gold and 1 Silver medal for Khordha in 76kg junior and senior women categories respectively in the State Weightlifting Championship, held in Berhampur, Ganjam on 19-20 November 2022.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Silver medal in 76kg junior category of the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-2) at Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 31 October 2022.
*     Won the Bronze medal in 71kg junior category of the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-1) at Nagrota Bagwan in Himachal Pradesh on 18 June 2022.
*     Bagged one Bonze medal youth girls 76kg category of the combined National Weightlifting Championships, held at NSNIS, Patiala from 9-12 August, 2021.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won the Gold medal in senior girls 87 kg category of the 2nd All Odisha Inter Club Weightlifting Championship, held at the Biju Patnaik Weightlifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, from 28-30 June 2023.


MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN KARATE:

NATIONAL:
*     Won one Bronze medal in senior female team kumite event of the KIO All India Cadet, Junior, U-21 & Senior Karate Championship, held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand from 21-24 September 2023.
*     Represented Odisha in cadet individual +54kg kumite event of the KAI Cadet, Junior & Under-21 National Karate Championship, held at Talkatora Indoor Stadium from Jan 30 to Feb 2, 2018.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won one Gold and one Silver medal in 5th International Invitational Karare Championship, held at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, 26-28 July, 2019.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Monali is a versatile sportswoman, winning medals in competitive weightlifting and karate.
*     She also took part in competitive grappling.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 4 February 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 25 September 2023