FULL NAME: Ranjita Mahanta
SEX: Female
BORN: May 7, 1993
FAMILY: Father (Prahallad Mahanta), mother (Gurubari Mahanta), three sisters (Renubala, Debaki, Madhumita) and two younger brothers (Debasish and Saroj).
CONTACT ADDRESS: At- Palas Pokhari, PO- Kaunrikela, Dist- Keonjhar, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Plus Two Second Year student
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Sprinter
PRODUCT OF: Government Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar
COACH: Rajkumari Patra
IDOL: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Establised two new national record and bagged gold medals to emerge as the best girl (u-18) athlete of the 7th National Youth Athletics Championship, which concluded at Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore (TN) on April 25, 2010. She registered the two national records in 100m and 200m sprints, clocking 12.08 seconds (heats) and 24.49 seconds (final) respectively. She won gold in both the events with a timing of 12.20 seconds in 100m final. Ranjita won her third gold in girls 1000m sprint medley relay with Ros Dipika Baa, Purnima Hembram and Bibiana Kulu as partners (timing: 2:20.32).
* Won one silver in under-18 girls 100m (12.32 secs) and one bronze in 200m (25.30 sect) events of the 25th National Junior Athletics Championship at Warangal (AP) on Nov 20, 2009.
*     Won the gold medals in 100m and 200m sprint events, clocking 12.23 and 25.3 seconds in girls u-17 category of the 54th National Schools Games at Kochi in January (7-11), 2009. She broke the 30-year-old record in the heats with a timing of 12.12 seconds.
*     Won the under-18 girls’ 100m gold medal, clocking 12.38 seconds in the 6th National Youth Athletics Championship at MGR Stadium in Madurai (Tamil Nadu) on May 30, 2009. She also claimed silver medal in 200m sprint.
*     Bagged the girls’ u-16 best athlete honours with 992 points in the 24th Junior National Athletics Championships at Mysore in November (12-16), 2008. She bagged two gold medals in 100m and 200m sprint, clocking 12.28s and 25.17s respectively.
*     Bagged three gold medals in girls` under-16 100m (12.0s), 200m (26.0s) and 4x100m relay events of the 2nd National Inter State Athletic Championship at Rourkela in January (17-20), 2008.
*     Bagged silver medals in under-17 girls` 100m and 200m sprint events, clocking 12.9 and 26.93 seconds respectively in the 53rd National School Games at Kolkata in January (7-11), 2008.

INTERNATIONAL:
* Finished sixth among eight competitors in one of the eight heats of the girls’ 100 meter event of the 6th World Youth Athletics Championship at Bressanone in Italy on July 8, 2009. She clocked an unimpressive 12.75 seconds, which is 0.37 seconds more than her recent National gold winning time of 12.38 seconds.
*     Participated in the athletics (100m sprint) event of the first Asian Youth Games at Singapore from June 30 to July 3.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     Her father was a national athlete. He now serves in the Odisha Police.
*     BHP Billiton, a mineral resources company, sent Ranjita accompanied by her father to watch the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

PROFILE FIRST HOSTED: April 27, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: June 26, 2013