FULL NAME: Jigyanshu Sahoo
NICK NAME: Chiku
GENDER: Male
BORN: 18th February, 2009 (Source: Table Tennis Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Gyanendra Sahoo), Mother (Pratima Sahoo)
HOME ADDRESS: Karamanga Matha, Cantonment Road, Cuttack, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studies at DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack (Standard IX in 2023)
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Raj Subramaniam
TEAMS REPRESENTED: DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack; Cuttack District and Odisha State

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Bagged a treble, winning the U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 29th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships at Biju Patnaik Indoor Hall, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar on 10 November 2023.
*     Clinched a treble, winning the U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 16th KDTTA State Ranking Table Tennis Championship at Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, KiiT University, Bhubaneswar on 2 October 2023.
*     Bagged a treble, emerging champion in U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles events of the 28th YGTTA State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack from 14-16 August 2023.
*     Won the senior boys singles title for DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack in the Odisha State Inter-School Table Tennis Championship, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on 12 and 13 August 2023.
*     Bagged a treble, winning the U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 28th Inter-District & Odisha State Table Tennis Championships, held at TT Academy-cum-Indoor Hall in Angul from 14-17 Dec 2022
*     Bagged a treble, winning titles in U-13, U-15 and U-17 boys singles events in the 27th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on 2 November 2021.
*     Bagged a double, winning both the cadet and sub-junior boys singles titles in the 26th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships 2020, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack from 24-27 January, 2021.
*     Finished cadet boys singles runner-up in the 26th YGTTA All-Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from August 30-Sept 1, 2018.

NATIONAL:
*     He was the main architect of the Odisha U-15 Boys Team that created history by winning the Bronze medal (first-ever team medal) for the State in 85th Inter State Sub-Junior & Cadet National Table Tennis Championships at the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 18 January 2024.
*     Reached pre-quarterfinals in under-13 boys category of the National Ranking Table Tennis Championship, held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand from 7-14 December 2021.
*     Represented Odisha in the 82nd Cadet & Sub-junior National Table Tennis Championships, held in Indore (MP) from 25 February to 6 March, 2021.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 29 October 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 19 January 2024