FULL NAME: Renubala Mahanta
GENDER: Female
BORN: January 1, 1991 at Keonjhar
FAMILY: Father (Prahallad Mahanta), mother (Gurubari Mahanta), three younger sisters (Ranjita, Debaki, Madhumita) and two younger brothers (Debasish and Saroj).
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At- Palas Pokhari, PO- Kaunrikela, Dist- Keonjhar, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Police Training College, Reserve line, Angul, Odisha.
CONTACT NUMBER: 097770-64304 (Mobile)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Plus Three second year arts student of Dev Ray College, Nayapally, Bhubaneswar.
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Sprinter and long jumper
PRODUCT OF: State Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar
PROFESSION: Serving in Post & Telegraph Department
COACH: Rupanwita Panda
IDOL: Usain Bolt (Jamaica)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Bagged a double by winning titles in women’s long jump and triple jump events of the 63rd Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, from Dec 28 to 30, 2015.

ZONE:
*     Gold in u-18 girls long jump (5.38m) and bronze in 100m sprint (12.6s) events of the 19th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship at Patna (Bihar) in 2007.
*     Won three gold medals (girls-20 100m run, 4x100m relay and long jump) in the 21st East Zone Athletics Championship held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar from Aug 16 to 18, 2009.

NATIONAL:
*     Won one gold medal each in 100m sprint and long jump evnts of the All-India Postal Athletic Meet, held at Ludhiana from Sept 21-25, 2016.
*     Gold medals in u-16 girls long jump (5.80m) and medley relay in the 17th Inter-Zonal Junior Athletics Championship at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar in 2005.
*     Gold in u-18 girls long jump (5.84m) event of the 19th Inter-Zonal Junior Athletics Championship at Guntur (AP) from Oct 9 to 11, 2007.
*     Gold in u-18 girls long jump (5.63m) event of the 23rd Junior National Athletics Championship at Vijaywada (AP) from Nov 24 to 27, 2007.
*     Silver in u-18 girls long jump (5.66m) event of the 24th Junior National Athletics Championship at Mysore (Karnataka) from Nov 12 to 16, 2008.
*     Silver in u-18 girls long jump (5.83m) event of the 20th National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletics Championship at Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) from Aug 31 to Sept 2, 2008.
*     Silver in women’s long jump (5.91m) event of the All-India Inter-University Athletics Meet at Kottayam (Kerala) from Dec 20 to 24, 2008.
*     Gold in girls u-20 long jump (5.82m) and bronze in 100m sprint (12.7s) in the 9th Federation Cup Junior National Athletics Championship at Lucknow (UP) from July 24 to 26, 2009.
*     Won the under-20 girls long jump gold with a distance of 5.75m in the 25th National Junior Athletics Championship at Warangal (AP) on Nov 20, 2009.
*     Won the women’s long jump bronze medal in the 63rd All-India Police Athletics Championship at Madhuban in Haryana earlier on November 26, 2014.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     In July 2010, she finished 20th and last in the women`s long jump qualification round of the 13 World Junior Athletics Championship at Moncton (Canada), where she tasted positive a steroid and was provisionally suspended by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) .
*     Won the women`s long jump silver medal in the 14th Asian Junior Athletics Championship at Hanoi, Vietnam on July 1, 2010.
*     Silver in long jump (5.65m) event of the 1st SAF Athletics Championship at Colombo (Sri Lanka) from Nov 29 to 30, 2007.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     On June 18, 2014, State Sports Department announced a monetary incentive of Rs 95,000 for winning a silver medal in 2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championship and participating in the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championship at Moncton.
*     On November 20, 2010, she was banned for two years by Athletics Federation of India for anti-doping rule violations. The ban became effective from August 20, 2010.
*     Joined State Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar in 2002.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: July 2, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: September 21, 2016