FULL NAME: Jhililata Sena
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 July, 1987
FAMILY: Late Dibakar Sena (Father), Satyajit Muduli (Husband), Shivanand Sena (Brother).
HOME ADDRESS: Village: Sarova, District: Puri, Odisha, India.
PROFESSION: Working as TTI at East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar. Earlier worked at Eastern Railway in Kolkata.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Graduate
TYPE OF PLAYER: All-rounder
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: State Govt State Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar (1998)
COACH: Usharani Mohanty
AWARDS/HONOURS: Received citation and a cash incentive of Rs 10,000 from IMFA Charitable Trust on the occasion of Ekalabya Award function in 2005.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Participated in the 14th Asian Senior Women Volleyball Championship, Vietnam, 2009.
*     Gold medal at 10th South Asian (SAF) Games, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August, 2006.
*     Participated in the 13th Princess Cup Women International Volleyball Tournament, Thailand, 2006.
*     Participated in the 13th YALUCUP Asian Senior Women Volleyball Championship, China, 2005.
*     Won Silver medal at the 3rd International Sports & Games for Children of Asia, Russia, 2004.
*     Participated in the 12th Asian Junior Women Volleyball Championship, Sri Laka, 2004.
*     Participated in the 4th Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship, Thailand, 2003.
*     Made international debut at the 11th Asian Junior Women Volleyball Championship in Vietnam, 2002.

NATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Railway womens team that won gold medal five times (2006-2010) and silver medal once (2008) in Senior National Volleyball Championships.
*     Represented Odisha in Senior National Volleyball Championship five times (2000 to 2005).
*     Represented Odisha in Junior National Volleyball Championship twice (2003 and 2004).

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Jhili is the first and only woman international volleyball player of Odisha till date.
*     With a six-feet-tall frame, she was endowed with a body that was tailor-made for volleyball.
*     As an allrounder she excelled both in attack and defence.
*     During her playing days, she was workaholic and according to her coach Usharani Mohanty, she would go on with her practice from dawn to dusk if not stopped.
*     Born in a middle-class family, Jhili took to volleyball early after being encouraged by her brother-in-law Gadadhar Barik, a swimming coach.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 6 March, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 15 May, 2020