FULL NAME: Venkateshwar Ramesh Rao
GENDER: Male
BORN: 30th May, 1977 (Official date), 30th May, 1978 (Facebook date)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Giliti Petasahi, Chhatrapur, Ganjam, Odisha, India
PHONE: 94391-36235 (Mobile)
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Govt Science College, Chhatrapur, Ganjam
PROFESSION: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Para Sports Association of Odisha and India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won 3 Gold and 1 Silver medals in the 16th Wheelchair Fencing National Championship, held at KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from 20-24 March 2024.
*     Won 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals in the 15th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held at Karan Stadium in Karnal, Haryana from 24-27 March 2023.
*     Won 1 Gold and 3 Silver medals in the 13th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held in Karnal, Haryana on 27 and 28 March, 2021.
*     Won 2 Gold medals in mens team and 1 Gold in individual events of the 12th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Chennai from 26-28 July, 2019.
*     Bagged 2 Gold medals each in mens team and individual events of the 8th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held at Kurnool in Haryana from January 28 to 30, 2016.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won one Bronze medal in wheelchair (Category-A) mens foil event of the Hong Kong Para Fencing Satellite Tournament in Hong Kong on 13 April 2025.
*     Won the Bronze medal in mens epee team event of the Wheelchair Fencing Asian Championships in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on 27 April 2024.
*     He was part of the four-member Indian team that won the Silver medal in men epee team event of the Commonwealth Fencing Championship in London, England on 12 August 2022.
*     Represented India in the 3rd IWAS World Games, held at Shree Kantirava Stadium, Bangalore from 24 Nov to 1 Dec, 2009.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     On 17th December 2021, he received a cash award of Rs 1,10,000 from the Government of Odisha for winning gold medal at the 13th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship.
*     On 18 June 2014, Government of Odisha provided him provided him an incentive of Rs 50,000 for participation in the IWAS World Games 2009.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 25 June 2014
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 14 April 2025