FULL NAME: Achyutananda Sahu
BORN: February 8, 1994
FAMILY: Father (Bairagi Charan Sahu), mother (Premalata Sahu).
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At- Manipura, PO- Bira Nilakanthapur, GP- Nahanga, Block- Derabish, PS- Nikirai, Dist- Kendrapara, State- Odisha (India).
PRESENT ADDRESS: Army Sports Institute, Ghorpuri, Pune, Maharashtra.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Matriculate
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Sachindra Kumar Majhi and R K Lenka.

CAREER PERFORMANCE/ACHIEVEMENT:

NATIONAL:
*     Won three gold medals in 62kg class, lifting 102+128kg in the 7th Youth National Championship at Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh on Nov 24, 2011. He also set a new National record in the snatch.
*     Won one silver medals in the 62kg weight class of the 6th Youth National Weightlifting Championship, lifting 95+122kg at Yamuna Nagar, Haryana in 2010.
*     Won one bronze medal in 62kg class, lifting 77+100kg in the School National Championship at Patiala, Punjab in 2008.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Bagged gold in junior men 62kg category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, lifting 95kg in snatch, 125kg in clean & jerk for a total of 220kg at Apia in Samoa on June 7, 2012.
*    Won gold medal in 62 kg youth category of the Commonwealth Championship, lifting 102 kg in snatch, 130 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 232 kg at Cape Town, South Africa on October 12, 2011.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     He was felicitated with the second runner-up prize of Rs 50,000 at the 21st Ekalabya Award function in Bhubaneswar on December 29, 2013.
*     Underwent training at the Army Sports Institute, Pune.
*     His weightlifting talent was noticed in 2005.
*     Initially, he was a skilful volleyball player.
*     His weightlifting career took shape after he State Sports Hostel, Berhampur in 2006.
*     Impressed by a series of medal-winning performances, the Pune-based Army Sports Institute adopted him in 2009.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: October 12, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: January 5, 2014