FULL NAME: Samita Barik
GENDER: Female
MARITAL STATUS: Married
BORN: 1980
PRESENT ADDRESS: Rourkela, Odisha, India
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At- Panchurekhi, Basudevpur, Bhadrak, Odisha, India.
FAMILY: Father (Jagannath Barik), husband (Kamalakanta Barik), one daughter and one son.
COACH: Bikram Biswal

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won titles in State Powerlifting and Weightlifting Championships in 2009.

NATIONAL:
*     Won one silver medal in the women 84kg unequipped category of the National Benchpress Championship, held at Jamshedpur from March 4 to 7, 2015.
*     Won one gold medal in 84kg senior women’s unequipped category of the National Benchpress Championship at Jamshedpur on February 27, 2013.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won a gold medal in 82kg weight class of the Asian Benchpress Championship at Chandigarh (India) on August 19, 2009, lifting 72.5kg in the process.
*     Won gold medal in the Asian Powerlifting Championship held at Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar from May 1 to 6.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Financial assistance of Rs 33,000 by Rourkela Steel Plant and Rs 35,000 by Purushottam Mechanical College helped her participate in the Asian Benchpress Championship.
*     Her husband works in the fire brigade department of Rourkela Steel Plant.
*     Her father was also an employee of Rourkela Steel Plant.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: May 9, 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: March 8, 2015