FULL NAME: Jyoshna Sabar
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 20 July 2005 and 25 October 2008 (Source: Indian Weightlifting Federation); 25 January 2008 (Source: Odisha Weightlifting Association)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Village- Pekata, Gram Panchayat- Marlaba, District-Gajapati, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Plus-Two Arts student of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar. Earlier, studied at Gram Vikas High School, Kankia, Ganjam from 2016.
TRAINING PLACE: Odisha-Tenvic Weightlifting High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Kazem Panjavi, K Ravi Kumar, Ramesh Chandra Padhi (First Coach)
WEIGHT CATEGORY: 40kg
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Ganjam, Odisha Youth Women, India Youth Women

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the Silver medal in youth girls 40kg category of the Odisha State Weightlifting Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Weightllifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 16-18 October 2023.
*     Crowned Best Lifter in youth girls category, winning Gold medal for Ganjam in 40kg category of the State Weightlifting Championship, held in Berhampur, Ganjam on 19-20 November 2022.
*     Won one Gold medal in youth girls 40kg category at the Odisha State Weightlifting Championship at Biju Patnaik Weightlifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 11 December 2021. Also created New State Record both in snatch and clean & jerk, lifting 47kg and 57kg respectively.

ZONAL:
*     Won the 40kg youth Gold medal in the Asmita Khelo India Womens Weightlifting Zonal League (Zone A) at Biju Patnaik Weightlifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 11 July 2024. Also bagged the best lifter trophy in youth group.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Gold medal in youth girls 40kg weight class at the IWLF National Weightlifting Championship at Rainbow International School in Nagrata Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh on 7 October 2024. She was also declared as the Best Lifter in youth girls group.
*     Won the Gold medal with National Record in snatch in girls 40kg category of the 6th Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 26 January 2024.
*     Won the Gold medal in youth girls 40 kg category of the IWLF National Weightlifting Championship at Rajiv Gandhi University in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh on 29 December 2023.
*     Won the Silver medal in girls 40kg weight category of the 4th Khelo India Youth Games at the Basketball Complex in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 6 February 2023. She was also crowned as the Best Lifter in youth category.
*     Won the Gold medal in Youth Women 40kg category of the National Weightlifting Championship in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu on 29 December 2022. She was also awarded as the Best Lifter in Youth Women category.
*     Won the Silver medal in youth 40kg category of the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-2) at Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 28 October 2022.
*     Won the Silver medal in the Khelo India National Women Ranking Weightlifting Championships in Himachal Pradesh on 15 June 2022.
*     Finished 7th with a total lift of 97kg in youth women 40kg category of the IWLF National Weightlifting Championship at Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar on 20 March 2022.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won the Gold medal in youth women 40kg weight category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji on 17 September 2024.
*     Won the Silver medal in womens 40kg category with a total lift of 125kg in the Youth World Weightlifting Championships at Videna National Sports Centre in Lima, Peru on 22 May 2024.
*    Won 2 Bronze medals (one each in snatch and overall) in youth 40kg category of the Asian Junior & Youth Weightlifting Championship in Greater Noida on 28 July 2023.
*     Won the Gold medal in youth girls 40kg category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on 12 July 2023.
*     Made a memorable international debut by winning overall Bronze and snatch Silver medal in women 40kg category of the Youth World Weightlifting Championship in Durres, Albania on 26 March 2023,

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     She was honoured with citation and a cash award of Rs 1 lakh by IMPaCT at the 31st Ekalabya Puraskar function in Bhubaneswar on 27 December 2023.
*     Her parents are farmers.
*     She is tauted as a medal prospect at 2022 Commonwealth Games.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 20 March 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 14 October 2024