FULL NAME: Mahendra Santa
GENDER: Male
BORN: 25 May 2005 (Source: Athletics Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Kalahandi, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PET EVENT(S): 100m and 200m sprint
TRAINING PLACE: Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Rohit Mane and Martin Owens
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha State and Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC, India U-20

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won 200m Gold and 100m Silver medals in boys-16 age group of the 67th Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from 28-30 December, 2019.
*     Won the silver medal in U-14 boys 100m sprint event of the 65th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2017.

ZONAL:
*     Won 2 Silver medals in U-20 men 100m and 4x100m relay in the 35th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 7-9 Oct 2024.

NATIONAL:
*     Won one Gold medal for National Camp-A team in the 1st National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh on 24 March 2024.
*     Won the mens 100m Silver medal in the 22nd National Juniors (U20) Federation Athletics Championships at SAI Regional Centre in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 9 March 2024.
*     Won the Bronze medal in U-20 men 4x100m relay event of the 38th National Junior Athletics Championships at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) on 9 November 2023.
*     Won the medley relay Bronze medal in U-18 boys group of the 37th National Junior Athletics Championship at SAI Athletics Stadium in Guwahati, Assam on 13 November 2022.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won 4x100m relay Silver medal in the 4th South Asian Junior Athletics Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on 13 September 2024.
*     He was part of the Indian men`s 4x100m relay team that won the Bronze medal with a national record of 40.01 secs in the 21st Asian Junior (U-20) Athletics Championships at the Dubai Police Stadium in Dubai on 27 April 2024.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     On 21 Feb 2023, Odisha Government felicitated him with a cash award of Rs 8,500 for winning one bronze medal at the 37th Junior National Athletics Championship 2022.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 2 March 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 20 October 2024