FULL NAME: Amita Sethi (Also known as Jolly)
BORN: March 2, 1979 at Rourkela
FAMILY: Father (K C Sethi), mother (Sarojini Sethi), two brothers (Bijay Kumar and Ajay Kumar) and two sisters (Anjali, Anupama)
HOME ADDRESS: Qrs No 218, Block-25, P&T Colony, Unit-IV, Bhubaneswar. TELEPHONE: 09437698249 (Mobile)
ACADEMI QUALIFICATION: Arts Graduate (Utkal University)
TYPE OF ATHLETE: 100 metre hurdles
COACH: Panchanan Gantayat and Hari Prasad Pattanayak
PROFESSION: Employee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) since 2004.
TRAINING PLACE: Kalinga Stadium (Bhubaneswar).

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Thirteen times gold medallist in women’s 100m hurdles in different age groups of the State Athletics Championship (1991 to 2003), including 10 times junior and three times senior.

NATIONAL:
*     Bronze in Senior Federation Cup at New Delhi in 2003.
*     Gold in National Women’s Sports Festival at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar in 2003.
*     Bronze in Inter-State Meet at Chennai in 2003.
*     Silver in Open National Meet at Mumbai in 2004.
*     Gold in Women’s National Sports Festival at Chhatishgarh in 2004.
*     Gold in Women’s National Sports Festival at Bhopal in 2005.
*     Bronze in Open National Meet at Bangalore in 2005.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Finished fourth in Asian All-Star Athletics Meet at Singapore in August, 2004.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Gave birth to a girl child in Bhubaneswar on July 20, 2012.
*     Married sprinter Vishal Saxena in February 2010.
*     She considers Gitanjali Jena as her best friend.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: July 11, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: July 23, 2012