FULL NAME: Rakhal Kumar Sethy
NICK NAME: Raja
GENDER: Male
BORN: 13 June, 1984 (Official date) 13th June, 1986 (Facebook date)
PARENTS: Father (Late Brundaban Sethy), Mother (Sumitra Sethy)
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Bhadrak, Odisha, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
PHONE: 90480-90065 (Mobile)
ACADEMI EDUCATION: Studied at BKM High School, Bhadrak from 15 May, 1999 to 3 May, 2002; Naami College, Manjuri Road, Bhadrak; and Jagannath University, Puri.
PHONE: 9090397909 (Mobile)
PROFESSION: Odisha Government employee
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Baldip Sahota
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Para Sports Association of Odisha
and India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze 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, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals in the 15th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held at Karan Stadium in Karnal, Haryana from 24-27 March 2023.
*     Won 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in the 13th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held in Karnal, Haryana on 27 and 28 March, 2021.
*     Won 2 Gold medals in mens team event of the 12th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Chennai from 26-28 July, 2019.
*     Bagged 2 Gold medals in men’s team events, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medals in individual events of the 8th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship, held at Kurnool in Haryana from Jan 28 to 30, 2016.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won one Silver and two Bronze medals in wheelchair (Category-A) mens events of the Hong Kong Para Fencing Satellite Tournament in Hong Kong on 12 & 13 April 2025.
*     Won the Silver medal in individual epee event of the Wheelchair Fencing International Satellite Cup held in Orange, France on 22-23 June 2024.
*     Won the epee Bronze and sabre Silver medal in mens team events of the Wheelchair Fencing Asian Championships in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on 27 and 28 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.
*     Said to have won gold medal in World Para-Olympic fencing competitions.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won the Silver medal in mens individual epee event of the International Wheelchair Fencing Open Tournament, held in Frejus, France on 20 and 21 April 2024 .

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     He was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award 2024 as Best Para Sportsperson of the Year, along with Rs 2 lakh by the Government of Odisha in Bhubaneswar on 29 August 2025.
*     He is also a qualified fencing coacch.
*     Did a six-week certificate course in fencing coach at SAI Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala in July-August 2021 and passed the examination in Grade B.
*     On 17th December 2021, he received a cash award of Rs 1,55,000 from the Government of Odisha for winning gold medal at the 13th National Wheelchair Fencing Championship.
*     Union Sporting Club gave him a cash incentive of Rs 75,000 on the occasion of closing ceremony of 13th PVR Murty Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament in Cuttack on April 27, 2018.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 31 January 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 2 September 2025