FULL NAME: Pradip Kumar Sahoo
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 12th May, 1965 (Source: Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha)
SON OF: Father (Raghunath Sahoo), Mother (Saradhamani Sahoo)
HOME ADDRESS: Kumutipatana, Puri, Odisha, India, PIN- 752002.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: MCom, LLB
ROLE IN GYMNASTICS: Gymnast-turned-Coach/Judge
PROFESSION: Serving as a gymnastics coach of Odisha Council of Sports from 6th May 1989. Worked at Sports Hostel, Puri. At present working at Odisha AM/NS Gymnastics High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION AS COACH:
*     Diploma in Coaching (Gymnastics) from National Subhas National Institute of Sports (NS NIS) in 1989.
*     Passed the MAG International Gymnastics Judges Examination in February 2022.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS GYMNAST:
*     Competed at State Gymnastics Championships.
*     Participated in Open Nationals and All India Inter University Competitions.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     Groomed many gymnasts, including international medalist Rakesh Kumar Patra, woman international Lata Patra, international Tapeswarnath Das and National level gymnasts Sourav Mohanty, Rakesh Mohanty, Tapan Mohanty, Jagadish Barik and Biswajit Behera.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT AS INTERNATIONAL JUDGE:
*     Represented India as a judge at the 11th Junior & 17th Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championship, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 16-19 May 2024.
*     Performed as an international judge at Senior Asian Championship 2004 in Surat, Gujarat; 4th Childrend of Asia Games & Sports 2008 in Yaktus, Russia, Senior Asian Asian Championship 2008 in Doha, Junior Asian Championship 2010 in Chiba, Japan and 19th Commonwealth Games 2-10 in New Delhi.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 25 March 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 22 May 2024