FULL NAME: Hupi Majhi
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 8th July 1995 (Source: Odisha Rugby Football Association)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Dhatika village of Keonjhar district, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: History graduate from KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences), Bhubaneswar
PROFESSION: Not known
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Manas Kumar Jena
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Odisha, India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     She was Captain of the Odisha Rugby Football Club (ORFC) team that retained the womens title in the National Rugby 15s Championship 2023 (Division-I) at KIIT University in Bhubaneswar on 1 March 2024.
*     She was Captain of the Odisha team that won the Gold medal in the 10th Senior Women National Rugby Sevens Championship at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi, Pune on 10 June 2023.
*     She was part of the Odisha women team that won the rugby sevens Gold medal at the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 30 September 2022.
*     She was part of the Odisha women team that won the Bronze medal in the 9th Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship at Pataliputra Sports Complex in Patna, Bihar on 12 June 2022.
*     She was part of the Odisha women team that won the Gold medal in the 8th Senior National Rugby Sevens Championships at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar on 19 December 2021.
*     She was the captain of the Odisha women team that won the Gold medal in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Punjab University, Chandigarh from June 22-24, 2018.
*     She was part of the KIIT Deemed University team that won the women’s title in the All-India Inter-University Rugby Championship, hald at Punjabi University in Patiala from March 15 to 17, 2018.
*     She was a member of the Odisha women team achieved a hat-trick by winning the third successive title in Societe Generale Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Pataliputra Stadium in Patna from August 11-13, 2017.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that won the title in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Pataliputra Stadium in Patna (Bihar) from August 5 to 7, 2016.
*     She was a member of the Odisha team that won the Gold medal in the 35th National Games, held in Kerala from Feb 1 to 14, 2015.
*     She was part of Odisha team that emerged champion in All India Senior Women Rugby 7s Tournament in Bihar in 2015.
*     She was part of Odisha team that emerged champion in U-18 Women National Championship at Nagpur in 2014.
*     She was part of Odisha team that emerged champion in All India Women 7s Tournament twice (2011, 2012) and runners-up once (2013), all at Bhubaneswar.
*     She was part of Odisha team that emerged champion in U-16 National Rugby Championship in Jharkhand in 2011.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Indian women sevens team that finished seventh, losing all of their four matches at the 19th Asian Games, held in Hangzhou, China on 24 & 25 September 2023.
*     She was part of the Indian Women Team that won the Silver medal at the Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy in Jakarta, Indonesia on 7 August 2022.
*     She was part of the Indian women team that won the Silver Medal at the Asia Rugby Seven Trophy in Jakarta, Indonesia on 11 August, 2019.
*     She was part of the Indian women 15s team that made history by winning their first-ever test match and a Bronze Medal in the Asia Rugby Women Championship in Manila, Philippines on 22 June 2019.
*     She was part of the Indian team that emerged Plate Winners in the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy at Panaga Club in Brunei on Oct 21, 2018.
*     She was a member of the Indian team that won the silver medal in the Asian Women’s Rugby Seven Trophy, was held at Vientiane in Laos on February 17 and 18, 2017. Also emerged joint-highest scorer with six tries.
*     She was a member of the Indian women team that finished third in the Asian Rugby Sevens Tournament, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Feb 20 and 21, 2016.
*     Scored a whopping 11 tries in five matches in the Asia Rugby Development Sevens Series in February 2016.
*     She was part of Indian team that finished runners-up in the Pre-Olympic Qualifier Rugby Women 7s at Chennai in 2015.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     She was the coach of the Odisha U-14 girls team that won the Silver medal in the Sub-junior National Rugby Sevens Championship at IIT Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) on 22 December 2022.
*     Imparts rugby coaching to school kids.
*     Did a Level-1 referees training course and officiated in National School Games.
*     Switched from cricket to rugby after being hit in the eye while wicketkeeping.
*     Joined KISS at the age of eight.
*     She belongs to Santal tribe.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 22 February 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 March 2024