FULL NAME: Pabani Sabar
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 October 2004 (Sources: Kho-Kho Federation of India, Khelo India Youth Games and Odisha Olympic Association)
PARENTS: Father (Papeya Sabar), Mother (Sambari Sabar)
HOME ADDRESS: Gajapati, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-3 Arts student of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Bhubaneswar.
PROFESSION: Student
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Odisha AM/NS Kho Kho High-Performance Centre (HPC), Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Rajesh Roshan Pradhan
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Odisha State U-18 Boys and Senior Men, India Senior Men

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     He was part of the Odisha mens team that won the Bronze medal in the 58th Senior National Kho Kho Championship, which was held at Railway Ground in Kazipet, Telangana from 11-15 January 2026.
*     He was part of the Odisha men team that bagged the Bronze medal in the 57th Senior National Kho-Kho Championship at the District Sports Complex in Puri on 4 April 2025.
*     He was part of the Odisha men kho-kho team that won the Silver medal in the 38th National Games at Mahaskhand Khel Parisar in Haldwani, Uttarakhand on 1 February 2025.
*     He was part of the Odisha boys team that won the Silver medal in the 4th Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Haryana on 13 June 2022.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     He was part of the Indian mens team that won the Gold medal in the 1st Kho-Kho World Cup, held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from 13-19 January 2025.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Started playing kho-kho while studying in Class-VIII.
*     Pabani has two brothers and one sister in his family.
*     His father passed away in 2012.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 18 June 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 16 January 2026