FULL NAME: Sekunta Kullu
GENDER: Female
BORN: 6th September, 1997
FAMILY: Deonish Kullu (Father), Mery Michael (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Sialjor, Kutra, Sundargarh, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Plus-Three first year arts student of Dev Ray College, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar.
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Sprinter and long jumper
PRODUCT OF: Government Sports Hostel, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
STATE:
* Won one gold medal for Rourkela Steel Plant in women’s long jump event of the 65th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2017.
* Representing Rourkela Steel Plant, she won the gold medal in women’s long jump event of the 64th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from April 2 to 4, 2017.
* Bagged a double by winning titles in (girls-20) 100m sprint and long jump events of the 63rd Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, from Dec 28 to 30, 2015.
* Won two gold medals in girls-16 long jump (5.48m) and 100m sprint (12.8s) event of the 59th Odisha State Athletic Meet held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28 to 30, 2011.
ZONAL:
* Won one gold and one bronze medal in girls-20 100m and 200m sprint with timings of 12.2s and 25.6s respectively in the 28th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Guwahati, Assam on Sept 10 and 11, 2016.
* Won one gold medal each in girls-18 long jump and 100m and one silver in medley relay events of the 26th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Kolkata on Sept 20 and 21, 2014.
* Won one silver medal in girs-18 long jump event of the 25th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship held at Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi from August 17 to 19, 2013.
* Won two gold (long jump, 100m run) and one bronze (medley relay) medals in girls-16 age group of the 24th East Zone Junior Athletic Championship held at Kolkata from Sept 4 to 6, 2012.
* Won two gold medals in girls-16 long jump (5.09m) and medley relay event of the 23rd East Zone Junior Athletics Championship held at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata from August 1 to 3, 2011.
NATIONAL:
* Represented Odisha in girls 100m sprint and long jump events of the 14th Federation Cup Junior National Athletics Championship, held at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru from May 3 to 5, 2016.
* Won one bronze medal in under-18 girls 100 meter sprint (12.60 secs) in the 30th National Junior Athletics Championship, held at Vijayawada from Nov 26 to 29, 2014.
* Won one silver medal each in 100m sprint, clocking 12.54 seconds and in long jump with an effort of 5.46 metres in the 11th National Youth (U-18) Athletics Championship at Panaji in Goa on April 20, 2014.
* Secured one silver medal in girls-18 long jump with an effort of 5.47 metres in the 25th National Junior Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship, which was held at Maharaja College Stadium in Kochi (Kerala) from September 22 to 24, 2013.
* Bagged one silver and one broze medals in girls medley relay and 100m (12.60s) respectively in the 10th National Youth Athletics Championship held at Guntur (AP) from May 18 to 20, 2013.
* Bagged one silver (u-16 girls` 1000m medley relay) and one bronze (u-16 girls` long jump, 5.04m) medal in the 23rd National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletics Championship at Bhopal (September 2-4, 2011).
* Bagged one silver medal in U-16 girls long jump (5.59m) event of the 24th National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletics Championship held at Pune from Sept 22 to 24, 2012.
* Won one silver medal in girls-16 long jump with a leap of 5.63 metres of the 28th National Junior Athletics Championship at Lucknow (UP) on October 31, 2012.
* Won one gold medal medal in under-17 girls long jump event of the 58th National Schools Athletics Meetat the Saefai Stadium in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh on Feb 2, 2013.
OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
* Emerged best female athlete in the 66th Inter-College Athletics Championship of Utkal University, held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Nov 27 and 28, 2015.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: January 1, 2012
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: January 3, 2018