FULL NAME: Sasmita Nathsharma
NICK NAME: Tiki
GENDER: Female
BORN: 1 March 2000 (Source: Kho-Kho Federation of India and Odisha Olympic Association)
PARENTS: Father (Saroj Kumar Nathsharma), Mother (Kalyani Nathsharma), Brother (Mukteswar Nathsharma), Sister (Suchismita Nathsharma).
HOME ADDRESS: At- Dhanua, PO- Tirtol, PS-Tirtol, Dist- Jagatsinghpur, Odisha. PIN: 754137.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Adikabi Sarala Das College, Tirtol
FIRST COACH: Bhuban Mohan Das
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Odisha U-21, Seniors Women and India Women

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Gold medal at the 13th South Asian Games (SAG), held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1-4 Dec, 2019.
*     Gold medal at International Kho-Kho Tournament, held in London, England, 1-4 Sept, 2018.

NATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Odisha women kho-kho team that won the Silver medal in the 36th National Games at Sankardham Ground in Ahmedabad on 4 October 2022.
*     She was captain of the Odisha U-21 girls kho-kho team that won Bronze medal at the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati, Assam on 18 January, 2020.
*     She was part of Odisha women’s team that won the Bronze medal at the 53rd Senior National Kho-Kho Championship, held at Raipur, Chhattisgarh from 26-30 December, 2019.
*     She was part of the Odisha women team that won the Silver medal for the first time in the Federation Cup Senior National Kho-Kho Championship, the 29th edition of which was held at Purba Medinipur in West Bengal from Dec 28-30, 2018.

ZONAL:
*     She was a member of the Odisha women’s team that finished runners-up in the 21st East Zone Senior Kho-kho Championship, held at East Midnapore in West Bengal from April 13 to 15, 2018. She also won the prize as best woman scorer of the tournament.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     On 17th December 2021, she received a cash award of Rs 62,500 from the Government of Odisha for winning gold medal at the 13th South Asian Games.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 17 April 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 5 October 2022