FULL NAME: Rekha Dey (Nick name: Bunty)
BORN: 23rd May, 1989 (Facebook date)
PARENTS: Ranjit Dey (Father), (Mother)
HOME ADDRESS: Bangalipara, Badabazar, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Studied at Municipal Girls High School, Sambalpur and G M College, Sambalpur
PROFESSION: Working as athletic coach at Seven Hills Residential School, Sambalpur
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
STATE:
* Won the silver medal for Jharsuguda in 100m sprint event of the 53rd Odisha State Athletic Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 27-29, 2004.
NATIONAL:
* Won one gold and one silver medals in 4x100m relay and 100m sprint events respectively in the Women’s National Games at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on Jan 29, 2005.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Won two bronze (100m, 200m) and one silver (4x100m relay) medals at the Singapore Masters Open Track & Field Championship, held in Singapore on 6-7 June, 2019.
* Won one silver in 40-plus 200m event of the 1st Asia Pacific Masters Games, held at Penang, Malaysia from Sept 7-15, 2018.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* Did a corse in cricket umpiring.
* Also played football and cricket with efficiency.
* She was a member of Indian team for an exhibition cricket match against Bangladesh.
* Under her captainship Sambalpur emerged champions in the Inter-District Women Football Tournament at Sonepur and finished runners-up at Kendrapara.
* Said to have won a total of 37 medals in 77 state, national and international competitions between 1992 and 2018.
* Functioning as the athletics coach of Sambalpur District Athletic Association since 2005.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 9th October, 2017
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 4th August, 2019