FULL NAME: Rajesh Hasdak
GENDER: Male
BORN: 30 July, 1977 (Source: Facebook)
FAMILY: Father (Nobin Hasdak), Mother (Manaswari Hasdak), Wife (Menka Hasdak), Daughter (Reema), Son (Tirupati)
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Malkangiri, Odisha, India.
PRESENT HOME ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Sambalpur University
PROFESSION: Working as archery chief coach at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar since January, 2010.
ROLE IN ARCHERY: Player-turned-coach
AWARDS/HONOURS: Received the Ashok Patnaik Memorial Sports Award as the best coach for the year 2011 on August 18, 2011.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: R S Sodhi

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS ARCHER:
*     Represented India as an archer four times.
*     Represented Odisha 15 times in Senior National Championships, 6 times in National Games, 5 times in Junior National Championships, twice in Sub-Junior National Championships and three times in Inter-University Championships.

DETAILS OF NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     1 Silver medal at the 23rd Senior National Archery Championship, 2003.
*     1 Silver, 1 Bronze medals at the All-India Inter-University Archery Championship, 2002.
*     2 Gold, 2 Silver medals at the All-India Inter-University Archery Championship, 2001.
*     1 Bronze medal at the 22nd Senior National Archery Championship, 2001.
*     4 Gold and 1 Silver medals at the All-India Inter-University Archery Championship, 2000.
*     1 Gold and 1 Silver medals at the 5th National Games, Imphal, Manipur, 14-25 February 1999.
*     1 Gold medal at the 16th Senior National Archery Championship, 1994.
*     1 Gold and 2 Silver medals at the 17th Junior National Archery Championship, 1994.
*     2 Silver medals at the 16th Junior National Archery Championship, 1993.
*     2 Silver medals at the 15th Junior National Archery Championship, 1993.
*     2 Gold medals (20m and 30m events) at the 12th Sub-Junior National Archery Championship, Hyderabad, December 1991.
*     1 Silver, 1 Bronze medals at the 14th Junior National Archery Championship, 1991.
*     2 Gold medals (20m and 30m events) at the 11th Sub-Junior National Archery Championship, Kolkata, 1991.

DETAILS OF INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Finished 6th in mens recurve event of the 2nd Asian Grand Prix, held in Chongzhou, China from 20-25 June, 2002.
*     Reached quarterfinals, beating an Olympian at the 13th Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand, 1998.
*     Made international debut at Calcutta in 1993.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     He was the Chief Coach for the Indian Universities Team that secured the overall second position, bagging 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals at the 2nd Asian University Archery Championship, held in Taipei, Chinese Taipei from 30 August to 1 September 2024.
*     Nominated as a member of Khelo India East Zone Talent Identification Committee in archery by Sports Authority of India in 8 January, 2021.
*     Performed as the coach of Indian archery team five times.
*     Groomed around 40 archers, including international Ranjit Naik.
*     Coach of the Indian archery team at the 29th Summer University Games, Taipei, Taiwan, 19-30 August 2017.
*     Coach of the Indian team at the Archery World Cup State-2, Antalya, Turkey, 26-31 May 2015.
*     Coach of the Indian team at the Youth Olympics coaching camp in Thailand, 2014.
*     Coach of the Indian team at the 12th World Youth Archery Championship, Wuxi, China, 13-20 October, 2013.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Joined Sports Authority of India Training Centre, Delhi in 1989 while studying at Malkangiri School.
*     He was a good hunter in his childhood days.
*     Bagged the Ekalabya Award, conferred by Imfa Charitable Trust in 2000.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 23 August 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 2 September 2024