FULL NAME: Ananya Patnaik
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 May 1990
PARENTS: Father (Diganta Keshari Patnaik), Mother (Vasa Patnaik)
HOME ADDRESS: D-1, Kaibalya, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Schooling up to 12th at DAV Public School, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar. Engineering at Silicon Institute of Technology. MBA-IMED at Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune.
PROFESSION: Working as Sales Strategy Operations lead for Quora
ROLE IN BASKETBALL: Player-turned-Statistician
TYPE OF PLAYER: Shooting guard
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Khurda District Basketball Association
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Prasanta Nayak
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION AS BASKETBALL STATISTICIAN: Appeared statistician examination on 3-4 September 2022 and got FIBA licence as a statistician.
OTHER GAMES PLAYED: Athletics and Kabaddi

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT IN BASKETBALL:
*     Represented Khurda District Basketball Association in Odisha State Basketball Championships.
*     Represented her college in various basketball tournaments.
*     Worked as a statistician at the FIBA U18 Women Asian Championship, held in Bangalore from 5-11 September 2022.
*     Helped organise basketball events, including Toshali Womens Basketball Tournament in Bhubaneswar.
*     Officiated in INBL Tournament, held in Cuttack in March 2022.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN OTHER SPORTS:
*     As an athlete, represented her school and won multiple medals at Mahtma Hansaraj Tournament (100m, 200m and long jump).
*     She was the capatain of her school team in kabbadi.
*     Represented her college in many athletic meets.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     She is the sister of eminent cricket writer, Late Sidhanta Patnaik.
*     Sport has always been her passion and she also plays for her company.
*     Her family was very supportive from childhood days and provided her platforms to play and not just focus on studies.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 9 September 2022