FULL NAME: Panchanan Gantayat
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: Date not known
FAMILY: Father (Dinabandhu Gantayat), Mother (Pratima Gantayat), Wife (Manju Gantayat), Son (Sangram Gantayat), 2 Daughters (Sweta Padma, Sambit Pragyan)
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Nabarangpur, Koraput, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Worked at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) from 1971 to 2009 and retired as Manager (Sports).
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Nanda Krushna Das
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Sprinter, jumper and hurdler.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION: NIS Coach in athletics. Completed Diploma in coaching at NIS, Eastern Centre, Kolkata in 1989.
ROLE IN ATHLETICS: Athlete-turned-coach
OTHER GAMES PLAYED: Football, Vollleyball

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS ATHLETE:
*     110m hurdles Bronze medal at the Open National Athletics Championship, Jamshedpur, 1981.
*     110m hurdles Silver medal at the Inter-State Athletics Championship, Bangalore, 1980.
*     110m hurdles Silver medal at the Open National Athletics Championship, Jullundher, 1979.
*     Won the 100m hurdles Gold medal at the Inter-State Athletics Championships in Quilon, Kerala, 1978. He was also declared National champion in men’s category. Became 2nd male athlete from Odisha to win National Gold medal in athletics after 28 years.
*     Won 3 Gold medals and was declared National Champion in U-19 Boys Group at the National Games in Cuttack, 1970. Won the 3 gold in 100m sprint, 100m hurdles and 4x100m relay.
*     His State Record in 110m hurdles lasted around 45 years.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS ATHLETICS COACH:
*     Represented India as hurdles and relay coach at the SAF Games, Chennai, 1996.
*     Imparted coaching at Senior and Junior National Camps more than 10 times till 1996.
*     Groomed many national and international athletes, including Olympians Rachita Panda (now Mistry) and Anuradha Biswal.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN VOLLEYBALL:
*     Silver medal for Steel Plant Sports Board at the Open National Volleyball Championship, Mumbai, 1973. He remains the only player from Odisha to achieve this feat.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN FOOTBALL:
*     Gold medal for Odisha National at Junior (U-19) National Football Championship for BC Roy Trophy, Cuttack, 1969.
*     Played domestic Inter-District and Inter-Club tournaments as a stopper.
*     Represented Rising Star Club in Cuttack Football League.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Started sports career from Berhampur, where his father worked as Excise Inspector.
*     Won the 110m hurdles gold medal in National Games only four months after taking up the event as per the advice of his coach.
*     Only sportsperson from Odisha to win National medal in three sports disciplines.

AWARDS AND HONOURS:
*     Bagged the OSJA Lifetime Achievement Award for the Year 2019 and a cheque of Rs 25.000 at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 21 March, 2021.
*     Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik conferred him with the Biju Patnaik Award for Life-Time Achievement in Promotion of Sports & Games in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2017. He received the award along with a cheque of Rs 3 lakh for the year 2016.
*     Received the Biju Patnaik Outsanding Coach Award in 2004.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 24 October, 2017
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 22 March, 2021