FULL NAME: Namita Kabat
SEX: Female
BORN: May 1, 1993 (June 3, 1993 according to AFI)
FAMILY: Father (Kalandi Kabat), mother (Taramani Kabat).
CONTACT ADDRESS: At- Billa, PO- Harichandrapur, Dist- Keonjhar, Odisha.
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Middle-distance runner
PRODUCT OF: Government Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar
COACH: Nila Madhab Deo
CAREER PERFORMANCE/ACHIEVEMENTS:
ZONAL:
* Won one silver (girls-18 medley relay) and two bronze (800m run, 400m run) medals for Odisha in the 21st East Zone Athletics Championship held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from Aug 16 to 18, 2009.
NATIONAL:
* Won the girls-20 800m gold for Jharkhand, clocking 2:19.47 seconds in the 27th National Junior Athletics Championship, held at Ranchi (Jharkhand) from Nov 1 to 4, 2011.
* Won the girls 800m title, clocking 2:18.14, in the 23rd National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletics Championship at Bhopal (Sept 2-4, 2011).
* Bagged a middle distance double (800 and 1000m) at the National Youth Championships in Coimbatore in 2010.
* Erased her own national mark in youth (u-18) girls’ 1,000m run as she grabbed the top spot in a well calculated race in 2:56.77 from Kerala’s K. Aparna in the 26th Junior Nationals at Bangalore on December 3, 2010.
* Won the girls’ 800m gold medal in the 6th National Youth Athletics Championship, clocking 2:16.85 seconds at MGR Stadium in Madurai (Tamil Nadu) on May 30, 2009.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Won the girls` 800m gold in the first Asian Youth Games at Singapore, clocking 2 minutes 15.55 seconds on July 3, 2009.
OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
* Joined State Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar in August 2003.
* Later switched her loyalty in favour of Jharkhand and joined Tata Academy for Middle Distance runners at Jamshedpur.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: September 5, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: July 10, 2013