FULL NAME: Sukanta Seth
GENDER: Male
BORN: 5th May, 1987
FAMILY: Father (Karunakar Seth), Mother (Tapaswini Seth), 4 elder brothers, 1 younger brother, 2 elder sisters
HOME ADDRESS: Tulsinagar Po/Dist- Balangir, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Graduated from Sambalpur University, BPEd from Andhar University
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Balangir District Fencing Association
ROLE IN FENCING: Fencing player-turned-coach
TEAMS REPRESENTED AS FENCER: Odisha State Seniors
QUALIFICATION AS FENCING COACH: Underwent FAI &SAI Training and Online Coaches Development Programme in Raipur, Chhatishgarh in the year ?
OTHER GAMES PLAYED: Lawn Bowling

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS FENCER:
*     Represented Odisha in Senior National Championship, Delhi, 2020.
*     Represented Odisha in Senior National Championship, Guwahati, Assam, 2019.
*     Represented Odisha in Senior National Championship, Solapur, Maharashtra, 2017-18.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     Felicitated as one of the best coaches at the 22nd Sub-Junior National Fencing Championship at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on 26 March, 2021.
*     His students Nitin Swain and Sahil Kumbhar became first Senior National Fencing medal winners of Odisha, bagging silver and bronze respectively in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand on 21 March, 2021.
*     His students Sikha Bag and Karishma Rout finished among top 32 in women foil and epee events respectively at the Senior National Fencing Championship in Solapur, Maharashtra in the year ?
*     He was the coach of the Odisha team that made debut in the 20th Sub-Junior (Boys & Girls National Fencing Championship, in (?), 2018-19.
*     His students Trushnamayee Singhdeo and Adwit Prasad finished among top 16 and top 32 respectively in epee event of the 25th Junior National Fencing Championship at Kormangala, Bengaluru, 2017-18.
*     His student Manabhanjan Naik finished among top 32 in foil event of the 26th Junior National Fencing Championship in Rudrapur, Uttrakhand, 2018.
*     His student Manabhanjan Naik and Soudmini Kandi top 64 finished among top 32 and top 64 respectively in foil event of the U-20 National Fencing Championship in Nasik, Maharashtra, in the year ?.
*     He was the coach of the Sambalpur University team that qualified for the top-16 place in the All-India Inter-University Fencing Championship, Amritsar, Punjab in the year ?

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Won the mens triple Silver medal at the the 2nd Inter-District Lawn Bowls Championship, held at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Centre, Bhubaneswar from 29 Sept-1 Oct 2024.
*     Performed as Fencing Technical Official at the Khelo India University Games, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, 2020.
*     Functioning as Joint Secretary, Balangir District Fencing Association since ?
*     Functioning as Executive Member, Odisha State Fencing Association since ?

PROFILE FIRST POSTED: 31 March, 2021
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 3 October 2024