FULL NAME: Mina Santa B (Since there are two lifters in the name of Mina Santa, they have been identified as A and B)
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 March 2008 (Source: Indian Weightlifting Federation and Odisha Weightlifting Association)
PARENTS: Father (Narsu Santa), Mother (Bangari Santa)
HOME ADDRESS: Kenduguda, Umarkote, Nabarangpur, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
TRAINING PLACE: Odisha Weightlifting High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: K Ravi Kumar, Kazem Panjavi
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Khordha District, Nabarangpur District and Odisha State

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won 2 Gold medals in 55kg category of the 71st Odisha State Weightlifting Championship, held at Ganjam Weightlifting Academy in Berhampur from 9-11 August 2024. Also bagged the best lifter award in youth and junior women categories.
*     Won two Silver medals in women 55 kg category of the Odisha State Weightlifting Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Weightllifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 16-18 October 2023.
*     Won one Gold and one Bronze medal for Khordha in youth and junior girls 49kg categories respectively in the State Weightlifting Championship, held in Berhampur, Ganjam on 19-20 November 2022.

ZONAL:
*     Won one Gold and one Silver medal in 59kg category of the Asmita Khelo India Womens Weightlifting Zonal League (Zone A) at Biju Patnaik Weightlifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 12 July 2024.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Gold medal in youth girls 49kg weight class of the Khelo India National Ranking Women Weightlifting Tournament (3rd Phase) at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna (Bihar) on 19 February 2023.
*     Finished 6th in Youth Women 49kg category of the National Weightlifting Championship in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu on 30 December 2022.
*     Finished 5th in 49kg youth category of the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-2) at Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 28 October 2022.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     She was spotted and brought to the Odisha Weightlifting HPC by the then head coach Kazem Panjavi.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 3 November 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 21 August 20224