FULL NAME: Deep Ranjan Bisoyee
GENDER: Male
BORN: 5th January, 1985 (Source: World Badminton Federation)
FAMILY: Father (Late Rama Chandra Bisoyee), Mother (Sarala Rani Bisoyee), Wife (Sebashree Sahoo), Younger brother (Rashmi Ranjan Bisoyee)
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Plot No 63, R H Colony, Fertilizer Township, Rourkela-7, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Qrs No J/69, RBI Staff Quarters, Unit-4, Bhubaneswar-75001, Odisha, India.
TWITTER HANDLE: @DeepRBisoyee
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: BSc (Hons, Botany) from Govt Autonomous College, Rourkela. Earlier Studied at Govt Junior College, Rourkela and Pragati Public School, Rourkela.
PROFESSION: Working as Assistant Section Officer in the Department of Finance, Government of Odisha, State Secretariat, Bhubaneswar since November 2016. Earlier worked at Bank of Baroda from 2012 to 2016.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Standing Lower 4 (SL4)
HOME CLUB: Udaan Badminton Academy, Patia, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Initially from Siba Prasad Das and Pramod Bhagat. Now trains under the guidance of Udaan Academy coaches Malay Kumar Patra, Sushil Nayak and Sumanta Mahanta.
TYPE OF DISABILITY:
* He was born with clubfoot, which is also known as talipes equinovarus.
* It is a birth defect in which the foot is twisted downward or inward.
* He has fixed ankle in both legs with little or no movement.
* Besides, both of his calfs are underdeveloped.
TOTAL NATIONAL MEDALS: 7 (4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze)
TOTAL INTERNATIONAL MEDALS: 18 (4 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze)
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
NATIONAL:
* Won the mens doubles Silver medal with Uttarakhand partner Manoj Sarkar in the 6th National Para Badminton Championship, held at Tata Nagar (Jamshedpur), Jharkhand on 23 March 2024.
* Won the Bronze medal in para badminton mens singles SL4 category of the 1st Khelo India Para Games in New Delhi on 11 December 2023.
* Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Gold medal with Uttarakhand partner Manoj Sarkar at the 5th National Para Badminton Championship in Lucknow on 26 March 2023.
* Won one Bronze medal in the 4th Para Badminton National Championship at East Coast Railway Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar on 26 December 2021.
* Won one Gold medal each in 35+ mens singles SL4 and mens doubles SL3-SL4 events 1st Para Masters National Indoor Games in Thrissur, Kerala on 3 September 2021.
* Won Bronze medal in Men SL3-SL4 doubles event at the 1st National Para Badminton Championship, held at Vajpayee Sports Complex in Bangalore from 23-25 March, 2017.
* Won doubles Gold and singles Silver medal in the Open National Para Badminton Tournament in Hyderabad, 2017.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Won the Bronze medal in mens doubles SL3-SL4 category with Odisha State-mate G Dillaswar Rao at the Japan Para Badminton International in Tokyo, Japan on 27 Oct 2024.
* Won 2 Bronze medals (One each in mens SL4 singles and SU5 doubles) in the Uganda Para Badminton International, held at the Lugogo Indoor Stadium in Kampala, Uganda from 2-7 July 2024.
* Won one Gold and one Bronze medal in mens doubles SU5- SL3-SL4 combined and mixed doubles SL3-SU5 events respectively at the Bahrain Para Badminton International in Manama on 26 May 2024.
* Won the mens doubles SL3-SL4 Silver medal with Uttarakhand partner Manoj Sarkar in the Spanish Para Badminton International (BWF Level-I Tournament) in Toledo, Spain on 27 April 2024.
* Won the mens doubles SL3-SL4 Silve medal with Uttarakhand partner Manoj Sarkar in the Spanish Para Badminton International (Level-II) Tournament in Victoria, Spain on 21 April 2024.
* Won one Gold and one Bronze medal in mens SL3-SL4 doubles and SL4 singles respectively at the World Abilitysport Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on 7 and 8 December 2023.
* Won the men SL3-SL4 doubles Silver medal with Indian partner Manoj Sarkar at the Japan Para Badminton International in Tokyo, Japan on 12 November 2023.
* Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Gold medal with Uttarakhand partner Manoj Sarkar at the Western Australia Para Badminton International in Perth, Australia on 6 October 2023.
* Won the mens doubles SL3-SU5 Silver medal at the 4-Nations Para Badminton International in Sheffield, England on 6 August 2023.
* Won the mens doubles SL3-SU5 Silver medal in the Canada Para Badminton International, held in Ottawa from 14-18 June 2023.
* Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Bronze medal with partner Manoj Sarkar at the the Barharin Parabadminton International in Manama, Bahrain on 22 May 2023.
* Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Bronze medal with Indian partner Manoj Sarkar at the Thailand Para Badminton International in Pattaya, Thailand on 13 May 2023.
* Won the mens SU5 doubles Bronze medal at the Spanish Para Badminton International (BWF Level-1 Tournament) in Toledo, Spain on 5 March 2023.
* Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Bronze medal at the Thailand Para Badminton International in Pattaya on 20 August 2022.
* Won the mens singles SL4 Bronze medal in the 4-Nations Para Badminton International Tournament in Dublin, Ireland on 17 July 2022.
* Won mens SL3-SL4 doubles Bronze medal at the Bahrain Para Badminton International in Manama on 21 May 2022.
* Won the mens doubles SL3-SL4 Gold medal with partner Mohammad Arwaz Ansari at the Brazil Para Badminton International in Sao Paulo on 24 April 2022.
* Won one Bronze medal in mens SL3-SL4 doubles in the Spanish Para Badminton International (Level 1) in Cartajena, Spain on 13th March 2022.
* Won the Bronze medal in mens doubles SL3-SL4 event of the Spanish Para Badminton International II in Vitoria, Spain on 6th March 2022.
* Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Gold medal with Indian partner Mohammad Arwaz Anasari at the Uganda Para Badminton International in Kampala on 21 November 2021.
* Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Bronze medal at the Dubai Para Badminton International in Dubai on 4 April, 2021.
* Participated in SL4 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the Thailand Para-Badminton International, held in Bangkok from 16-21 Sept, 2019.
* Participated in SL4 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the 2nd Fazza-Dubai Para-Badminton International, held in Dubai, UAE from 2-7 April, 2019.
* Participated in SL4 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the 5th Turkish Para-Badminton International, held in Antalya, Turkey from 25-30 March, 2019.
* Participated in SL4 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the Thailand Para-Badminton International, held in Bangkok from 25-29 July, 2018.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* Odisha Government felicitated him with Biju Patnaik Best Para Sportsperson of the Year Award and a cheque of Rs 1 lakh at Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar on 29 August 2023.
* Deep overcame clubfoot (defect in both feet), demise of his father, family burden, multiple career-threatening injuries and financial constraints to win his first international medal in 2021.
* From his childhood days, he was passionate about fitness and played cricket, football and badminton at school and college level.
* He was so hooked to badminton that playing till midnight did not make him tired.
* Deep was also good in academics and amidst the financial crisis, completed his graduation with botany honours.
* Also did well in medical entrance examination, but could not afford to get a seat in any medical college.
* World turned upside down for Deep when his father passed away in 2004.
* At that time he was a Plus-Three first year science student.
* He had to give up sports and start giving tuitions for the sustenance of his family.
* It was also his responsibility to repay a big loan of the family.
* He found a job in HDFC Bank but only to lose it within a year after suffering a road accident.
* Under pressure to earn for the family, he undertook a variety of jobs that came across his way, including insurance, stock brokering, loan recovery etc.
* In 2012 he got a job in Bank of Baroda and while serving at Kantiaposi, a remote place in Angul district, resumed playing badminton.
* Also formed a badminton club there and bought a gym, paying Rs 50,000 to keep himself fit.
* Started playing competitive badminton after he was transferred to Cuttack in 2014.
* YMCA court, near Barabati Stadium, was the place where he sharpened his skills and started playing state level tournaments.
* Shifting to Bhubaneswar in 2016, after getting a State Government job on merit in the Finance Department, proved to be a big turning point for Deep, who found decent infra facility to train and prepare well for national and international tournaments.
* Deep aims at becoming World No 1 in SL4 category and compete in Paralympics.
* He uses special shoes, which costs Rs 10,000 a pair.
* Spends around Rs 1.5 lakh to play an international tournament.
* He has been meeting all these expenses from own earnings.
* As a government employee he works as many hours as any other employee does.
* His daily schedule includes, full-time office duty as a State Secretariat employee and two training sessions of four hours each at Udaan Badminton Academy.
* After spending a total 16 hours day for office work and badminton, he does nto find much time to rest and be with my family.
* Suffered a major calf injury while playing Bangalore National championship in 2017 and then fractured his right leg thrice in 2018.
* Spends large amount of his earnings for training, equipment and competitions.
* Married Sebashree Sahoo, a RBI employee in 2015.
* His wife supports him in keeping his badminton dreams alive.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 24 September 2019
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 27 October 2024