FULL NAME: Mannata Mishra
NICK NAME: Honey
GENDER: Female
BORN: 1 January 2007 (Source: The Odisha State Swiming Association)
PARENTS: Father (Manoj Mishra), Mother (Soma Mishra)
HOME ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studying in Class 7 at SAI International School, Bhubaneswar as on June 2019.
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Koichi Watanaba (Japan), Sandeep Sejwal
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Keonjhar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha U-15 Women, India U-20 Women
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
STATE:
* Won a total of 6 medals (4 Gold, 2 Silver) in the 63rd Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 4-7 June 2023.
* Emerged overall best swimmer in girls category and Group-1 girls individual champion, bagging 5 Gold medals in the 62nd Odisha State Swimming Championship (Junior & Sub-junior), held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, 28-30 May 2022.
* Bagged a total of 10 medals (9 Gold, 1 Silver) for Keonjhar in Senior Women and Girls Group-II categories of the 61st Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar on 25-26 Sept 2021.
* Emerged Group-II girls champion, bagging 5 Gold medals in the 60th Odisha State Swimming Championship, at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 1 and 2 June 2019.
* Bagged 5 Gold and 1 Silver medals in the 59th Odisha State Swimming Championship, held in May 2918.
* Emerged group champion, bagging 5 Gold medals in the 58th Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Sambalpur in June 2917.
NATIONAL:
* Won the Bronze medal in women 4x100m medley relay event of the 37th National Games in Panjim, Goa on 30 October 2023.
* Won one Silver medal each in in U-19 girls 100m and 50m breaststroke events of the CBSE National Swimming Championship, held at Bhopal, MP on 12 November 2019.
* Participated in the 35th Sub-Junior and 45th Junior National Aquatic Championship, held at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune from 24-29 June 2018.
* Participated in the 34th Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championship-2017 at Pune.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Won her first international medal with a Silver in womens 200m breaststroke event at the 1st BIMSTEC Aquatics Championships at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Swimming Pool Complex in New Delhi on 7 February 2024.
MISCELLANEOUS:
* Won two first prizes in U-18 age group of the Khelo India Junior Womens Swimming Series-2023 (Round-4, Zone-4), held at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre, Bhubaneswar on 20-21 January 2024.
* Won 1 Gold medal in open women group of the Kalinga Super Swimming Series 2023 (First leg), held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 6 May 2023.
* Secured 1st position in three U-15 events of the Khelo India Junior Women Swimming Series (Round-2, Zone-4), held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 19-20 Feb 2022.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* Her mother Soma Mishra is the Working President of Odisha State Swimming Association.
* She was trained by Japanese coach Koichi Watanaba at Kalinga Stadium Swimming Complex.
* Started learning swimming from her elder sister at the age of eight.
* She considers swimming legend Michael Phelps as her inspiration.
* She had the opportunity of training for a day under Olympic medallist Stephanie Rice in Bhubaneswar in 2018.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 5 June 2019
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 7 February 2024