FULL NAME: Susama Behera
GENDER: Female
BORN: 9th May, 1972
FAMILY: Father (Narayan Behera), Mother (Dolilata Behera), Husbad (Nakula Nayak), 2 Daughters (Nansy, Sansy)
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: RCMS Road, Banki, Cuttack, Odisha, India
PRESENT HOME ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
OFFICE ADDRESS: Food Corporation of India, Regional Office, Khadya Bhawan, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar-751007, Odisha.
PROFESSION: Working as Manager (General) at Food Corporation of India, Bhubaneswar. Joined FCI in 1990.
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Javelin thrower
HOME ACADEMY: SAI Hostel, Cuttack, 1989-?
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Subash Chandra Dasmohapatra, Pradeep Kumar Banerjee, Arun Kumar Das
CAREER-BEST PERFORMANCE: 52.90 metre (1995-96)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Bronze medal at 7th South Asian Federation Games (SAFG), Madras, India, 1995.
*     Bronze medal at 5th South Asian Games (SAG), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1991.
*     Bronze medal with a throw of 46.52m at 4th Asian Junior Athletics Championships, New Delhi, 2-5 December, 1992.
*     Bronze medal at International Invitation Meet, Singapore, 1991.

NATIONAL:
*     Bronze medal for Odisha at All-India Senior Inter-State Athletics Championship, Bangalore, Karnataka, 1997.
*     Gold medal for FCI at All-India Open National Athletics Championship, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, 1996-97.
*     Silver medal for FCI at All-India Open National Athletics Championship, New Delhi, 1996.
*     Gold medal for FCI at All-India Open National Athletics Championship, Jamshedpur, Bihar, 1995.
*     Gold medal with New Senior National Record for Odisha at All-India Senior Inter-State Athletics Championship, Madras, 1995.
*     Gold medal for Odisha at All-India Federation Cup Athletics Championship, Kolkata, West Bengal, 1995.
*     Gold medal for Odisha at All-India Womens National Sports Festival, Patiala, Punjab, 1995.
*     Gold medal with New Meet Record for Odisha at All-India Open Athletics Meet, Ranchi, 1995.
*     Gold medal for FCI at All-India Open National Athletics Championship, Madras, 1994.
*     Gold medal for Odisha at All-India Junior Athletics Championship, Faridabad, 1994.
*     Gold medal for Odisha at 28th National Games, Pune, 16-25 January, 1994.
*     Gold medal with Junior National Record for Odisha at Junior National Athletics Championship, New Delhi, 1992.
*     Gold medal with New Meet Record for Odisha at All-India Inter-Zone Athletics Championship, New Delhi, 1991.
*     Silver medal for Odisha at All-India Womens National Sports Festival, Hyderabad, 1991.
*     Bronze medal for FCI at All-India Open National Athletics Championship, Kolkata, 1991.
*     Bronze medal for Odisha at All-India Senior Inter-State Athletics Championship, Gujarat, 1990.
*     Silver medal for Odisha at All-India Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship, New Delhi, 1989.
*     Silver medal for Odisha at All-India Junior National Athletics Championship, Bangalore, 1989.

ZONAL:
*     Gold medal for Odisha at East Zone Athletics Championship, Kolkata, 1991.
*     Silver medal for Odisha at East Zone Athletics Championship, Kolkata, 1989.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Gold medal for FCI at All-India Public Sector Athletic Meet, Asansol, West Bengal, 1996.
*     Silver medal for FCI at All-India Public Sector Athletic Meet, New Delhi, 1995.
*     Gold medal with New Meet Record for FCI at All-India Public Sector Athletic Meet, Bombay, 1993-94.
*     Silver medal for FCI at All-India Public Sector Athletic Meet, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, 1993.
*     Silver medal for FCI at All-India Public Sector Athletic Meet, New Delhi, 1992.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Broke the Senior National Record after a gap of 14 years at the All-India Senior Inter-State Athletics Championship in Madras, 1995 and held it . 52.90 metre
*     Odisha Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik felicitated her with a cash award of Rs 50,000 for breaking Senior National Record in 1995.
*     Senior Women National Record holder 1994-1995.
*     Junior Girls National Record holder since 1991.
*     Elder brother Dillip Kumar Behera inspired her to take up javelin throwing.
*     Married former Phulbani Parliament Member Nakul Nayak in 1998.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 25 July, 2013
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 1 October, 2020