FULL NAME: Mannata Mishra
NICK NAME: Honey
GENDER: Female
BORN: 1 January 2007 (Source: The Odisha State Swiming Association)
PARENTS: Father (Manoj Mishra), Mother (Soma Mishra)
HOME ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at SAI International School, Bhubaneswar
PET EVENT(S): 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 200m medley
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Odisha-JSW Swimming High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
TRAINING PLACE: Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Sandeep Sejwal, Olympian, Arjuna Awardee and Head Coach of Odisha-JSW Swimming HPC.
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Keonjhar, Bhubaneswar-Khordha District Aquatic Association, Odisha U-15 Women, India U-20 Women

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won 9 Gold medals in Girls Group-I and Women Open categories of the 64th Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Aquatic Centre, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 19-21 July 2024. Also emerged as the Best swimmer in Girls Group-I.
*     Won a total of 6 medals (4 Gold, 2 Silver) in the 63rd Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 4-7 June 2023.
*     Emerged overall best swimmer in girls category and Group-1 girls individual champion, bagging 5 Gold medals in the 62nd Odisha State Swimming Championship (Junior & Sub-junior), held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, 28-30 May 2022.
*     Bagged a total of 10 medals (9 Gold, 1 Silver) for Keonjhar in Senior Women and Girls Group-II categories of the 61st Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar on 25-26 Sept 2021.
*     Emerged Group-II girls champion, bagging 5 Gold medals in the 60th Odisha State Swimming Championship, at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 1 and 2 June 2019.
*     Bagged 5 Gold and 1 Silver medals in the 59th Odisha State Swimming Championship, held in May 2918.
*     Emerged group champion, bagging 5 Gold medals in the 58th Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Sambalpur in June 2917.

NATIONAL:
*     Won 1 Gold and 1 Silver medal in the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships, held at the International Swimming Complex in Mangalore, Karnataka from 10-13 September 2024.
*     Won 1 Gold and 1 Bronze medal in girls (Group-I) 100m and 200m breaststroke respectively at the 50th Junior National Aquatic Championship, held at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre in Bhubaneswar from 7-11 August 2024.
*     Won 2 Gold and 1 Silver medal in U-18 girls group of the 2nd Odisha National Swimming Ranking Championship (Final) 2023, held at Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre, Bhubaneswar from 10-12 June 2024.
*     Won the Bronze medal in women 4x100m medley relay event of the 37th National Games in Panjim, Goa on 30 October 2023.
*     Won one Silver medal each in in U-19 girls 100m and 50m breaststroke events of the CBSE National Swimming Championship, held at Bhopal, MP on 12 November 2019.
*     Participated in the 35th Sub-Junior and 45th Junior National Aquatic Championship, held at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune from 24-29 June 2018.
*     Participated in the 34th Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championship-2017 at Pune.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won her first international medal with a Silver in womens 200m breaststroke event at the 1st BIMSTEC Aquatics Championships at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Swimming Pool Complex in New Delhi on 7 February 2024.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won two first prizes in U-18 age group of the Khelo India Junior Womens Swimming Series-2023 (Round-4, Zone-4), held at the Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre, Bhubaneswar on 20-21 January 2024.
*     Won 1 Gold medal in open women group of the Kalinga Super Swimming Series 2023 (First leg), held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 6 May 2023.
*     Secured 1st position in three U-15 events of the Khelo India Junior Women Swimming Series (Round-2, Zone-4), held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 19-20 Feb 2022.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     At the age of 17 years and nine months, became the youngest Senior National swimming medallist for Odisha, bagging one gold and one silver at the 77th Senior National Aquatics Championship in Bubaneswar in September 2024.
*     Became the first-ever Junior National Group-I swimming gold medallists for Odisha at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 11 August 2024.
*     Her mother Soma Mishra is the Working President of Odisha State Swimming Association.
*     She was trained by Japanese coach Koichi Watanaba at Kalinga Stadium Swimming Complex.
*     Started learning swimming from her elder sister at the age of eight.
*     She considers swimming legend Michael Phelps as her inspiration.
*     She had the opportunity of training for a day under Olympic medallist Stephanie Rice in Bhubaneswar in 2018.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 5 June 2019
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 4 October 2024