FULL NAME: Leichongbam Neha Devi
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 9 March 2006 (Source: Odisha Olympic Association and Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
ORIGINAL HOME ADDRESS: Manipur, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: SAI National Centre of Excellence, Jagatpur, Cuttack, Odisha
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: SAI National Centre of Excellence, Jagatpur, Cuttack, Odisha
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Laishram Johnson Singh and Prithviraj Shinde
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Odisha U-17 Girls, Senior Women and India Junior Women
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
NATIONAL:
* Won one Silver and one Bronze medal in canoe sprint C-1 womens 200m and C-2 500m events of the 4th Khelo India Youth Games at Upper Lake in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) on 2-3 February 2023.
* Won one Silver medal in women C-1 500m sprint event of the 36th National Games at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on 11 October 2022.
INTERNATIONAL:
* Became the first international canoeing medallist of Odisha, winning two Silver medals (one each in junior women C4 500m and C1 500m events) in the Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint Asian Championship at Samarqand, Uzbekistan on 26 and 29 April 2023.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 14 October 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 April 2023