FULL NAME: Mina Santa A (Since there are two lifters in the name of Mina Santa, they have been identified as A and B)
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 March 2007 (Source: Indian Weightlifting Federation)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
TRAINING PLACE: Odisha Weightlifting High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Kazem Panjavi, K Ravikumar
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Khordha, Odisha Junior & Youth Women, India Youth Girls

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won two Gold and one Bronze medal in women 49kg category of the Odisha State Weightlifting Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Weightllifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 16-18 October 2023.
*     Won 2 Gold and 1 Silver medals for Khordha in 55kg category of the State Weightlifting Championship, held in Berhampur, Ganjam on 19-20 November 2022.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Silver medal in womens 55kg category of the Khelo India Youth Games at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on 27 January 2024.
*     Won one Silver medal in youth girls 55 kg category of the IWLF National Weightlifting Championship at Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) on 31 December 2023.
*     Won one Bronze medal in women 55kg category of the 4th Khelo India Youth Games at the Basketball Complex in Indore on 7 February 2023.
*     Won the Silver medal in Youth Women 55kg category of the National Weightlifting Championship in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu on 1 January 2023.
*     Won the Silver medal in 55kg youth category of the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-2) at Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 29 October 2022.
*     Won the Gold medal in the 55kg youth category of the Khelo India National Women Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-1) at Himachal Pradesh on 17 June 2022.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Made glorious international debut, winning the Gold medal in youth girls 55kg category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on 12 July 2023.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won the Gold medal in 55kg youth girls category of the Khelo India Womens Inter-Zonal Weightlifting League Tournament at Rainbow International School in Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh 17 March 2024. She was also awarded as the best lifter in youth category.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     A former kabaddi player, Mina was introduced to weightlifting by coach Kazem Panjavi.
*     Her father is a farmer.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 30 October 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 21 March 2024