FULL NAME: Pragyan Prasanti Sahu
GENDER: Female
BORN: 19th December, 1999 (Source: Athletics Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Partha Sarathi Sahu), Mother (Sukantimani Jena)
HOME ADDRESS: Tikirapara, Basta, Balasore, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at KIIT University, Remuna College, Balasore and Modern Public School, Balasore.
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Hurdler and long jumper
TRAINING PLACE: Permit Ground, Balasore, Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
COACH: Kalinga Mohapatra (First Coach), Martin Owents (ORF Athletics HPC)
PERSONAL BEST: 13.40 seconds in 100m hurdles (Achieved at 27th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2024 in Bhubaneswar).
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha, KIIT University, Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC and India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the Gold medal in women’s 100m hurdles event of the 66th Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2018.
*     Won the Gold medal in U-20 girls 200m event of the 65th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2017.
*     Won the Silver medal in U-20 girls’ 100m and 400m hurdles events of the 64th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from April 2 to 4, 2017.
*     Won the Gold medal in (girls-18) 400m hurdles and bronze in long jump event of the 63rd Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, from Dec 28 to 30, 2015.

ZONAL:
*     Won the Gold medal for KIIT University in women 100m hurdles event of the North East Zone Inter-University Athletics Championship at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar on 21 December 2021.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the womens 100m hurdles Silver medal in the 28th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition at Maharajas College Stadium in Kochi on 22 April 2025.
*     Won the women 100m hurdles Silver medal in the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships at Sree Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium in Bangalore on 31 August 2024.
*     Won the womens 100m hurdles Silver medal in the 63rd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula, Haryana on 30 June 2024.
*     Won the womens 100m hurdles Silver medal in the the 27th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 13 May 2024.
*     Won one Gold medal for Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC team in the 1st National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh on 24 March 2024.
*     Won the women 100m hurdles Gold medal, clocking 13.46 secs in the 62nd National Open Athletics Championships at at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on 12 October 2023.
*     Won the womens 400m hurdles Gold medal at the National Open U-23 Athletics Championship in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh on 31 October 2022.
*     Won the 400m hurdles Silver medal for Lovely Professional University at the 2nd Khelo India University Games in Bengaluru on 30 April 2022.
*     Won Bronze medal in women 400m hurdles at the Indian Grand Prix 2 at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium in Trivandrum, Kerala on 23 March 2022.
*     Won the Silver medal in U-21 girls 100m hurdles event of the 2nd Khelo India Youth Games at Pune on 12th January, 2019.
*     Won the Silver medal in U-20 girls 100m hurdles event of the 34th National Junior Athletics Championship, held at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium in Ranchi from Nov 2-5, 2018.
*     Won the Silver medal in girls’ 100m hurdles event of the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championship, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore (TN) from April 20-22, 2018.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won the first position in womens 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Competition at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 10 August 2025.
*     Made a successful international debut, bagging Silver medal in girls 100m hurdles (14.98s) in the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championship at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 5, 2018.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Secured Second position in women 100m hurdles event of the Indian Athletics Grand Prix-2, held at LNCPE, Trivandrum on 17 May 2025.
*     Secured Second position in womens 100m hurdles at the Indian Grand Prix-1, held at SAI, NSSC in Bengaluru on 28 March 2025.
*     Won the First position in women 100m hurdles at the Indian Open Athletics Meet, held at Shree Ambubhai Purani Sports Complex in Nadiad, Gujarat on 5 April 2025.
*     Won the womens 100m hurdles Gold medal with new Games Record time of 13.63 seconds KIIT Deemed to be University at the 3rd Khelo India University Games in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 30 May 2023.
*     Won the women 100m hurdles Gold medal in the All India Inter University Athletics Championship at TNPE and Sports University, Chennai on 14 March 2023.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Her father works as Administrative Officer in Modern Public School, Balasore and mother a teacher in Mukundapur UGME School, Basta.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 12 January 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 11 August 2025