FULL NAME: Sachindra Kumar Majhi
BORN: November 10, 1959
FAMILY: Father (Birendra Majhi), mother (Ramani Majhi).
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Karunakar Lane, Motiganj, Balasore, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE: 9937773557 (Mobile)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: BA, LL.B
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION: Obtained diploma in coaching from NS, NIS, Patiala with first division marks.
PROFESSION: Serving as weightlifting coach in Odisha State Sports Department at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.

PERFORMANCE/ACHIEVEMENT AS WEIGHTLIFTER:
*     Participated in the All-India Inter-University Weightlifting Championship for three years (1980, 1982, 1983).
*     Became the first lifter of Utkal University to win a medal (bronze) in the All-India Inter-University Championship.
*     Participated in the Junior National Weightlifting Championship for two years (1981 and 1982).
*     Participated in the Senior National Weightlifting Championship for two years (1982 and 1983).

PERFORMANCE/ACHIEVEMENT AS A COACH:
*     Groomed scores of lifters.
*     His international students include Pramila Kirsani, Subhasmita Mohanty, Anup Deo Topp, Arjun Kumar Sahu, Achyutananda Sahu and Kiran Kumari Digal.
*     His national-level students include Pratima Panigrahi, Pradip Maharana, Ramahari Nayak, Narasingha Sethi, Ramakrushna Sethi, Bulu Subudhi, Rabi Senapati, Sudarsan Das, Swarupa Purty, Saraswati Raut, Gavaskar Behera, Bhabani Sankar Panigrahi, Arun Kumar Santa, Sabhasachi Pradhan, Sushila Majhi, Yasmin Parveen, Nilambar Dibaka, Lipika Pradhan and Anjali Ekka.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     He is the first lifter of Balasore district to participate in the National championship.
*     First weightlifting coach of Odisha to have secured first division in NIS.
*     First coach of Odisha to groom international medal winning woman lifter.
*     First from Odisha to write a book on weightlifting.
*     Organised many weightlifting competitions in Odisha.

PROFILE FIRST POSTED: May 7, 2012