FULL NAME: Sahebani Oram
GENDER: Female
BORN: 28th May, 1976
PRESENT: Railway Colony, Cuttack, Odisha, India
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Khamar, Sundargarh, Odisha, India
FAMILY: Manoj Kumar Sahoo (Husband), Guru Prasad Sahoo (Son).
PROFESSION: Serving as an office superintendent in East Coast Railway at Cuttack
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Hurdler

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN ATHLETICS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won the silver medal in 400m hurdles with a timing of 1:00.98s in the 10th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship, held at J N Stadium in Delhi in March 2004.
*     Holds the women`s 400m hurdles meet record of 57.60 seconds, which she achieved in the Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship, held in June 2002.
*     Won the gold medal in women`s 400m hurdles, clocking 1:00.78s in the 7th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship, held at Bangalore in July 2001.
*     Won gold in 100m hurdles at the Senior Inter-State Federation Cup Athletics Championship at Chennai in 2001-02.
*     Won gold medal in 4x400m event at National Games silve in 100m hurdles at Bangalore in 1997.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Qualified for the 400m hurdles final in the 14th Asian Athletics Championships at Colombo in August 2002.
*     Helped India win the 4x400m women`s relay gold in the Junior Asian Athletics Championship at Delhi in 1996.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN SHOOTING:

STATE:
*     Won the silver medal in senior women 10m air pistol event of the 8th Odisha State Shooting Championship, held at Bhubaneswar from July 26 to 30, 2018.
*     Won the gold medal in senior women 0.177 air pistol event of the 5th Odisha State Shooting Championship, held at Bhubaneswar from Nov 12 to 15, 2015.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the silver medal in group pistol event for Railways in the 64th National Shooting Championship on 5 December 2021.
*     Won gold medal in senior women 10m air pistol (NR) category, scoring 362 out of a possible 400 in the 4th Gun for Glory Shooting Championship, organised by Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation at Pune, from January 15 to 21, 2015.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFO:
*     Aims to compete in the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and win the prestigious Arjuna Award as markswoman.
*     In order to pursue shooting, she has bought an Italian-made air pistol and accessories worth around Rs 1.5 lakh in 2014.
*     Married media advertising professional Manoj Kumar Sahoo in 2012.
*     Took to shooting in 2011.
*     Played rugby and made it to the Indian probables team just three months after taking to the sport in 2010.
*     She was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Outstanding Sportspersons of the Year Award in 2001.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: August 19, 2014
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 8 December, 2021