FULL NAME: Rajesh Meher
GENDER: Male
BORN: June 12, 2001
PARENTS: Ramesh Meher (Father), Binodini Meher (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Jamla, Padampur, Bargarh, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Pre-vocational student of Bargarh-based M R School.
NATURE OF DISABILITY: He belongs to Mild Mental Retarded Category with an IP of 60. He is capable of doing his routine work.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won two gold medals in the State Championship of Special Olympic Bharat, held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar in 2013.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the 100 meter gold in the National championship of Special Olympics at Delhi in 2013.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Bagged one gold in Division 28 category of 200 metre sprint (31.03secs) and one bronze in Division 26 section of 400 metre race (1:11.18secs) in the World Games of Special Olympics at Los Angeles, USA on July 30, 2015.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     He was selected for the World Games of Special Olympics-2015 following his impressive performance in national camps at Hyderabad, Bareli, Rohtak and Chennai.
*     He was groomed by his coach Meghanad Sahoo, who is the headmaster of Bargarh-based M R School.
*     Took to to athletics in the year 2012.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: July 31, 2015