FULL NAME: Pratima Puhana
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: August 27, 1991
PARENTS: Father (Sanatan Puhana), Mother (Sanjukta Puhana)
PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS: Podabara, Jagatpur, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
EDUCATION: Cleared HSC examination in Baghusuni High School near Jajpur in 2007.
PROFESSION: Joined Police Sub-inspector in Bhubaneswar UPD on April 30, 2015. Working at Commissionerate Police, Bhubaneswar since 30 Nov 2018.
PRODUCT OF: SAI Watersports Centre, Jagatpur, Cuttack
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Jose Jacob and Paulose P T

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won one silver and one bronze medals in the 35th Senior National Rowing Championship, held at Upper Lake in Bhopal from Jan 27 to Feb 2, 2017.
*     Won one gold medal in women 500m coxless four event of the 34th Senior National Rowing Championships, held at Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad from January 25 to 31, 2016.
*     Secured one silver medal in women`s 2000m coxless four event of the 35th National Games at Alleppey in Kerala on Feb 2, 2015.
*     Bagged two gold (2000m coxless four, 500m coxless pair) and one bronze (2000m coxless pair) medals in the 33rd Senior National Rowing Championship, held at Pune from Feb 2 to 8, 2014.
*     Bagged two gold medals in 500m and 2000m coxless four events of the 32nd Senior National Rowing Championship held at Kannur (Kerala) from Feb 21 to 27, 2013.
*     Helped Odisha win three gold medals in the 500m coxless pair, 2,000m coxless pair and 2,000m coxless four events of the 31st Open National Rowing Championship, held at Hyderabad from Feb 14 to 19, 2012.
*     Won three gold and one silver medals in 500m and 1000m coxless pair, 500m and 1000m coxless four events of the 34th National Games, held at Dhanbad in Jharkhand from February 15-27, 2011.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Gold medal at 14th Asian Junior Rowing Championship.
*     Finished 4th at World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland in 2010.
*     Bronze medal at Asian Junior Rowing Championship in 2009.
*     Wrote rowing history for India by becoming the first woman of the country to win medal in Asian Games. She and Pramila Prabha Minz claimed a bronze in the 2,000m coxless pair event, clocking seven minutes and 47.50 seconds at Guangzhou, China on November 19, 2010.
*     Finished 4th at World Rowing Junior Championship in Brive-La Gaillarde, France, 2009.

AWARDS/HONOURS:
*     She was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sportsperson of the Year Award for 2010 by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2014. The award carried a cheque of Rs 1 lakh.
*     Received Rs 1.5 lakhs as the winner of the 19th Ekalabya Puraskar in Bhubaneswar on April 2, 2012.
*    Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced cash incentive of Rs 3 lakhs and Orissa Olympic Association Rs 25,000 for the Asiad medal win.
*     Received citation and cash award of Rs 25,000 at the 18th Ekalaby Award function in Bhubaneswar on January 29, 2011.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     Married on July 15, 2018.
*     Appointed directly as Sub-Inspector of Police and received the appointment letter from the hands of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on April 30, 2015.
*     Joined Chandigarh Unit of CRPF as a constable in June 2013.
*     By 2010 she had won 35 medals, including 20 gold in different national and international events.
*     Joined SAI Water Sports Centre, Jagatpur in 2005.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 18 February, 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 25 November, 2020