FULL NAME: Samartha Prusty (also known as Tabu)
BORN: January 30, 1995 at Bhubaneswar
GENDER: Female
FAMILY: Dipak Prusty (Father), Archana Prusty (Mother), Krishan Prusty (Younger brother and state table tennis player).
HOME ADDRESS: 115, Satyanagar, Bhubaneswar-751007, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE: 0674-2573592 / 2573582 (Res), 9937297013 / 9937950713 (Mobile).
E-MAIL: samartha11@yahoo.co.in
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M A Economics from Delhi School of Economics (DSE), Delhi University.
YEAR OF STARTING TABLE TENNIS: January 2005.
OVERALL TITLES: Undefeated State Champion (Ranked 1) from 2005 to 2013-14.
TTFI RANKINGS: Ranked 11th in sub-junior girls in 2008 and 24th in junior girls in 2009.
NEXT GOAL: To represent India in international tournaments.
SECRET OF SUCCESS: Hardwork and better understanding of finer aspects of the game.
COACHING: Trained by M Ravana, D Dwivedy, Raj Subramaniam, Shahid Hussain, Swamy and Tarun Sinha.
HOBBIES: Painting, Reading novels and acting.

AWARDS/HONOURS:
*     Best Promising Player Award from YGTTA in 2005.
*     The Press Club of Odisha honoured her with the Emerging Talent of the Year Award and a cheque of Rs 25,000 in Bhubaneswar on October 27, 2013.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

YEAR 2005-2006:
*    Champion in cadet girls in all the three State ranking tournaments organised by Khurda District Table Tennis Association (KDTTA), Young Generation Table Tennis Association (YGTTA) and Bhubaneswar Table Tennis Association (BTTA).
*    Champion in gadet girls and runner-up in sub-Junior girls in State championship at Damanjodi.
*    Represented Orissa in the 67th Cadet and Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Championship at Pondichery, Tamil Nadu.

YEAR 2006-2007:
*    Champion in cadet girls in the YGTTA and KDTTA State ranking tournaments.
*    Bagged a double by winning both cadet and sub-junior girls titles in the State championship at Rourkela.
*    Led Orissa in both cadet and sub-junior girls categories of the 68th Sub-junior National and Inter-State Championships (2006) at Alleppey, Kerala.
*    Represented Orissa in the 68th Junior and Youth National and Inter-State Championships (2006) at Cuttack, Orissa.

YEAR 2007-2008:
*    Bagged double crowns by winning both the sub-junior and junior girls titles in the State ranking tournaments organised by YGTTA and Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP).
*    Bagged a double, winning both the sub-junior and junior girls titles in the official State championships.
*    Led Orissa in both sub-junior and junior National Championships at Chennai and Indore respectively.

YEAR 2008-2009:
*    Bagged a double, winning both the sub-junior and junior girls titles in the YGTTA all-Orissa tournament.
*    Claimed a treble, winning the sub-Junior, Junior and women`s singles titles in the all-Orissa tournament, organised by RSP.
*    Secured a double, winning both the sub-Junior and junior girls titles in the State championship, organised by KDTTA.
*    Reached quarterfinals in National Ranking Tournament (Central Zone) at Raipur, main draw in National Ranking Tournament (East Zone) at Bolpur (West Bengal) and National Ranking Tournament (North Zone) at New Delhi.
*    Led Orissa in both sub-Junior and junior girls categories of the 70th Sub-Junior National Championship at Vijayawada and 70th Junior and Youth National Championship at Surat.

YEAR 2009-2010:
*    Bagged a double, winning both the junior girls and women`s titles in the YGTTA State ranking tournament at Cuttack.
*    Bagged a double by winning both the Junior Girls` and Women`s titles in the KDTTA State Ranking Tournament at Bhubaneswar on Oct 4, 2009.
*    Led the Orissa under-17 girls` table tennis team at the 55th National School Games at Godhra, Gujarat and reached singles quarterfinals in October, 2009.
*    Won the junior girls singles title in the State Table Tennis Championship at Ispat Indoor Stadium in Rourkela on Oct 22, 2009.
*    Bagged a double by winning the junior (girls) and women`s singles titles in the Inter-District and State Table Tennis Championship at Driems Sports Academy in Tangi (Cuttack) on Nov 30, 2009.
*    Led Orissa in both Junior and Youth girls categories of the 71st Junior & Youth National Championship at Raipur in December 2009.

YEAR 2010-2011:
*    Bagged a double by winning the junior girls and women`s singles titles in the YMCA All-Orissa Open Table Tennis Tournament in Cuttack on July 11, 2010.
*   Bagged a double by winning the junior girls` and women`s singles titles in the YGTTA All-Orissa Open Table Tennis Tournament in Cuttack on August 22, 2010.
*    Bagged a double by winning the junior girls` and women`s singles titles in the KDTTA All-Orissa Open Table Tennis Tournament in Bhubaneswar on September 27, 2010.
*    Bagged a double by winning the junior girls` and women`s singles titles in the Inter-District & State Table Tennis Championship at Tangi, Cuttack on December 11, 2010.
*     Represented Orissa in 72nd Senior National Championship at Kolkata in January 2011.
*     Led Orissa in both Junior and Youth Girls` categories of the 72nd Junior & Youth National Championship at Ahmedabad in February 2011.

YEAR 2011-2012:
*     Bagged a double by winning titles in junior girls and women`s singles events of the 19th YGTTA All-Orissa Open Table Tennis Tournament at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on August 12, 2011.
*     Bagged a double by winning the Junior Girls` and Women`s singles titles in KDTTA All-Orissa Open Table Tennis Tournament in Bhubaneswar on 30th October, 2011.
*     Bagged a double, winning titles in junior girls and women`s singles sections of the State Table Tennis Championship at Ispat Indoor Stadium in Rourkela on Nov 23, 2011.
*     Led Orissa in both junior and youth girls` category in 73rd Junior & Youth National at Siliguri (WB) in January 2012.

YEAR 2012-2013:
*     Bagged a double, winning the junior girls and women singles titles in the 20th YGTTA Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament at Cuttack on August 12, 2012.
*     Bagged a double, winning titles in junior girls and women singles categories of the 7th KDTTA All-Odisha Ranking Table Tennis Championship at Saheed Nagar Table Tennis Hall in Bhubaneswar on Oct 14, 2012.
*     Won the junior girls’ singles title in the Dhaneswar Rath Memorial Inter-District & State Table Tennis Championship at DRIEMS Sports Complex, Tangi, Cuttack on Dec 8, 2012.
*     Led Odisha in both junior and youth girls` categories of the 74th Junior & Youth Nationals at Indore in February 2013.

YEAR 2013-14:
*     Won the women`s singles title in the 21st YGTTA All-Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament at Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on August 16, 2013.
*     Led LSR to title triumph in the Delhi University inter-college tournament in October 2013 and represented Delhi University in All-India Inter-University tournament.
*     Won the title in women’s singles category of the 8th KDTTA All-Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall in Bhubaneswar on Oct 20, 2013.
*     Won the women`s singles title in the Inter-District & State Table Tennis Championship, held at TT Academy Indoor Hall in Angul from Dec 6 to 9, 2013.
*     Led Odisha in the 75th Junior & Youth National Table Tennis Championships at Guwahati and also in the 75th Senior National Table Tennis Championship at Patna during January 2014.
*     Led Delhi University to title triumph in the North Zone Inter-University Table Tennis Tournament at Bareilly (UP) in February 2014.

YEAR 2014-15:
*     Finished runner-up in women singles event of the 9th KDTTA All-Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament, which concluded here at Sahid Nagar Table Tennis Hall in Bhubaneswar on October 19, 2014.
*     Finished runner-up in women singles event of the 20th YMCA Inter-District & Odisha State Table Tennis Championship, which concluded at Sachin Tendulkar Hall, Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Nov 16, 2014.
*     Led Delhi University to title triumph in North Zone Inter-University TT Tournament at Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
*     Reached semifinals of the All-India Inter-University TT Tournament at Chennai.
*     Finished runner-up in senior category of the YMCA Inter-District and All-Odisha Open TT Tournament at Cuttack.

YEAR 2015-16:
*     Finished women singles runner-up in the 23rd YGTTA All-Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament, held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from August 21 to 23, 2015.
*     Won the women singles title in the 10th KDTTA All-Odisha Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, held at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall in Bhubaneswar from Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2015.
*     Finished runner-up in women singles category of the 21st Odisha State and Inter-District Table Tennis Championship, held at NTPC, Kaniha from Nov 16 to 18, 2015.

YEAR 2016-17:
*     Finished women singles runner-up in the 24th YGTTA All-Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament, held at Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Aug 26-29, 2016.
*     Finished runner-up in women singles category of the 22nd Inter-District and Odisha State Table Tennis Championship, held at Sahid Nagar Indoor Hall in Bhubaneswar from Nov 4 to 7, 2016.

YEAR 2017-18:
*     Finished women’s singles runner-up in the 13th KDTTA State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, held at Sahid Nagar Indoor Hall, Bhubaneswar from Oct 26-28, 2018.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: January 11, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: October 29, 2018