FULL NAME: Golap Mani Mahanta
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 July 1974 (Source: Self)
FAMILY: Father (Dinabandhu Mahanta), Mother (Dashari Mahanta), Husband (Radhakanta Mahanta), One son ()
ORIGINAL HOME ADDREESS: Gambharia, Badanai, Champua, Keonjhar, Odisha, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-Two from Chandrasekhar College and Graduation from Gangadhar Meher College, Sambalpur
PROFESSION: Working as swimming coach at SAI International School, Bhubaneswar since 24 March 2008.
ROLE IN SWIMMING: Swimming coach and administrator
QUALIFICATION AS SWIMMING COACH: Diploma in coaching (Swimming) from Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Bangalore in the year 2006-2007

ROLE AS SWIMMING ADMINISTRATOR:
*     Functioning as the Secretary of Odisha State Swimming Association since 2022.
*     Elected as the Secretary of Odisha State Swimming Association on 19 February 2022.

ROLE AS SWIMMING COACH:
*     Groomed a number of state, national and international level swimmers, including Mannata Mishra, Divyanka Divyajyoti Pradhan, Nayantara Karthikeyan, Akankshya Nayak, Raiguru Suryansh Mohapatra, Ayush Aryaman Badu and Yajat Gupta.
*     She is the first woman qualified swiming coach of Odisha.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     She herself was a swimmerand a former inmate of Sports Hostel, Sambalpur.
*     As a swimmer, she received coaching from Khateswar Pandey.
*     Her husband is a Odisha State Executive member of BJP.
*     Married Radhakanta Mahanta on 3 March 2000.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 7 July 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 28 February 2025