FULL NAME: Jigyanshu Sahoo
NICK NAME: Chiku
GENDER: Male
BORN: 18th February, 2009 (Source: Table Tennis Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Gyanendra Sahoo), Mother (Pratima Sahoo)
HOME ADDRESS: Karamanga Matha, Cantonment Road, Cuttack, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studies at DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack (Standard IX in 2023)
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Raj Subramaniam
TEAMS REPRESENTED: DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack; Cuttack District and Odisha State

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won both the U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 30th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships, held at Biju Patnaik Multipurpose Indoor Hall, CDA, Cuttack from 6-10 Nov 2024.
*     Won both the U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 17th KDTTA Odisha State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, held at Table Tennis Academy Hall, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar from 2-4 November 2024.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 29th YGTTA Odisha State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Multipurpose Indoor Hall in CDA, Cuttack from 15 to 17 August 2024.
*     Won both the senior boys singles and team titles for DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack in the 5th Odisha State Inter School Table Tennis Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Multipurpose Indoor Hall, CDA, Cuttack from 12-14 August 2024.
*     Bagged a treble, winning the U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 29th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships at Biju Patnaik Indoor Hall, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar on 10 November 2023.
*     Clinched a treble, winning the U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 16th KDTTA State Ranking Table Tennis Championship at Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, KiiT University, Bhubaneswar on 2 October 2023.
*     Bagged a treble, emerging champion in U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles events of the 28th YGTTA State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack from 14-16 August 2023.
*     Won the senior boys singles title for DAV Public School, CDA, Cuttack in the Odisha State Inter-School Table Tennis Championship, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on 12 and 13 August 2023.
*     Bagged a treble, winning the U-15, U-17 and U-19 boys singles titles in the 28th Inter-District & Odisha State Table Tennis Championships, held at TT Academy-cum-Indoor Hall in Angul from 14-17 Dec 2022
*     Bagged a treble, winning titles in U-13, U-15 and U-17 boys singles events in the 27th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on 2 November 2021.
*     Bagged a double, winning both the cadet and sub-junior boys singles titles in the 26th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships 2020, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack from 24-27 January, 2021.
*     Finished cadet boys singles runner-up in the 26th YGTTA All-Odisha Open Table Tennis Tournament, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from August 30-Sept 1, 2018.

NATIONAL:
*     He was the main architect of the Odisha U-15 Boys Team that created history by winning the Bronze medal (first-ever team medal) for the State in 85th Inter State Sub-Junior & Cadet National Table Tennis Championships at the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 18 January 2024.
*     Reached pre-quarterfinals in under-13 boys category of the National Ranking Table Tennis Championship, held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand from 7-14 December 2021.
*     Represented Odisha in the 82nd Cadet & Sub-junior National Table Tennis Championships, held in Indore (MP) from 25 February to 6 March, 2021.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 29 October 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 13 November 2024