FULL NAME: Muna Nayak
GENDER: Male
BORN: 20 October 2002 (Khelo India Youth Games date)
FAMILY: Father (Jogi Nayak), Mother (Kautuki Nayak)
HOME ADDRESS: Narasinghpur, Ganjam, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Matriculate
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Former trainee of Berhampur Sports Hostel, Muna is now honing his skills at Army Sports Inistitute, Pune.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Sita Jena
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Ganjam District, Odisha State and India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Finished 6th in 61kg category of the IWL Junior World Championship in Heraklion, Greece on 3 May 2022, lifting 113kg in snatch and 145kg in clean & jerk for a total of 258kg.
*     Bronze medal in clean & jerk (130kg) at the Asian Junior Championship, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 12-19 February, 2020.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Silver medal in inter-state senior men 55kg category of the IWLF National Weightlifting Championship at Rainbow International School in Nagrata Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh on 8 October 2024.
*     Won the Silver medal for Services (SSCB) in mens 61kg weight class of the 36th National Games in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 30 September 2022.
*     Won one Bronze medal in senior men 55kg category of the combined National Weightlifting Championships, held at NSNIS, Patiala from 9-12 August, 2021.
*     Silver medal in U-21 men 55kg category of the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Dispur, Assam on 17 January 2020.
*     Gold medal in 55kg category (Snatch 106kg + C&J 128kg, Total 234 kg) at the 56th Junior National Championship, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, 16 October, 2019.
*     Participated in 55kg category of the 71st Senior National Championship, Visakhapatnam, AP, 21-28 February, 2019.
*     Silver medal in U-21 boys 55kg class of the 2nd Khelo India Youth Games at Pune on Jan 12, 2019.
*     Bronze medal in 55kg category (Snatch 102kg+ C&J 125kg, Total 227kg) at the 55th Men Junior at Junior National Championship, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 15 December, 2018.
*     Gold medal in U-17 boys 55kg category (Snatch 95+C&J 127, Total 222 kg) at the 64th National School Games Weightlifting Championship, Guwahati, Assam, 26-30 November, 2018.
*     Participated in the 13th Youth National Championship, Visakhapatnam, AP, 21-25 February, 2018.

STATE:
*     Won the Gold medal in senior men 55kg category of the 71st Odisha State Weightlifting Championship, held at Ganjam Weightlifting Academy in Berhampur from 9-11 August 2024. Also bagged the best lifter award in senior men category.

MISCELLANEOUS ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Gold medal in U-19 boys 61kg (Snatch 105kg+C&J 135kg=Total 240 kg) at 2nd Inter-BSC Championship at ASI Pune, 19-21 August, 2019. Adjudged best lifter.
*     Gold medal in 56kg (Snatch 99+C&J 118=Total 208 kg) at 1st Inter-BSC Championship at ASI Pune, 16-18 January, 2018.
*     Gold medal in 56kg (Snatch 95+C&J 115=Total 210 kg) at All-India Inter-SAI Competition at SAI Regional Centre, Lucknow (Sub-junior), 28-30 Sept, 2017.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Joined Services Sports Academy Pune in 2nd May, 2016.
*     Started weightlifting career in 2016.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 20 January 2019
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 8 October 2024