FULL NAME: Ranu Mohanty
SEX: Female
BORN: June 20, 1980 at Berhampur
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Manoranjan Mishra
FAMILY: Daughter of Shatrughan Mohanty and Deepti Mohanty, Ranu has two sisters (Mama and Suryaprabha) and two brothers (Pabitra and Prasad).
PRESENT ADDRESS: Plot No 984, Bhimpur, In front of Maharaja Club, Aerodrom Gate, Bhubaneswar-751020. Telephone: 94396-26333 (Mobile).
E-MAIL: ranusportsmagazine@gmail.com
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Gajanan Peta, No 2, Berhampur, Ganjam, Orissa.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Arts graduate (Berhampur University). PROFESSION: Gym instructor
AWARDS/HONOURS: Received Nalco Sports Award for the year 2007.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
YEAR 1999:
*     Fifth position in 51st Senior National Weightlifting Championship.
*     Sixth position in National Games at Imphal, Manipur.
YEAR 2000:
*     Sixth position in 52nd Senior National Weightlifting Championship. YEAR 2001:
*     Fourth position in 53rd Senior National Weightlifting Championship.
*     Fourth position in 54th Senior National Weightlifting Championship.
*     Silver medal in 38th Junior National Weightlifting Championship at Sangli, Maharashtra.
YEAR 2005:
*     Gold medal in All-India Inter-University Weightlifting Championship at Visakhapatnam.
*     Silver medal in Junior National Powerlifting Championship at Lucknow.
*     Gold medal in Federation Cup Powerlifting Championship at Bhubaneswar.
*     Bronze in Senior National Weightlifting Championship at Haryana.
YEAR 2006:
*     Gold with National Record in deadlift (202kg) in Junior National Powerlifting Championship at Durgapur. She was adjudged as the Junior Strongwoman of India.
*     Gold in Federation Cup Powerlifting Championship at Udayapur, Rajasthan, where she was also adjudged as the runner-up in Strong Woman of India.
*     Silver in Senior National Powerlifting Championship at Kashipur, Uttaranchal. She created a new National record in deadlift.
YEAR 2007:
*     Bronze in Senior National Weightlifting Championship at Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
YEAR 2008:
*     Gold in Senior National Powerlifting Championship at Dalli Rajhara, Chhattishgarh.

INTERNATIONAL
YEAR 2005:
*     Silver medal in the Asian Powerlifting Championship at Alleppey, Kerala.
*     Finished seventh :in the World Powerlifting Championship at Finland (May 25-29).
YEAR 2006:
*     Gold in 67.5 kg weight class of the Asian Powrelifting Championship in South Korea.
*     Bonze in squat at the World Powerlifting Championship at Stavangar, Norway.
YEAR 2007:
*     Silver in the Asian Powerlifting Championship at Kaoshiung City in Taiwan (May 1 to 6).

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Stayed away from sports for two years (2002 to 2004) after being disgusted with politics in sports.
*     Returned to sports in November, 2004 and started training at Utkal Karate School, Bhubaneswar.
*     Underwent ankle surgery at Bhubaneswar in December, 2006.
*     Disheartened that despite achieving international success she remained unemployed for long years.
*     In 2009 she did not participate in any competition.
*     Married former weightlifter Manoranjan Mishra at Bhubaneswar on Nov 22, 2009.

PROFILE LAST UPDATED: February 9, 2012.