FULL NAME: Khateswar Pandey
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: Not known
DATE OF DEATH: 10 September 2007 (Source: Odisha Masters Swimmers Club, Sambalpur)
FAMILY: Father (), Mother (), Wife (Tulasi Pandey), 3 Sons (Jayanta, Jashobanta, Sushanta)
HOME ADDRESS: Badabazar, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Government employee-turned-swimming coach
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Self-taught swimmer
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Odisha

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Peformed as a Technical Official at the 3rd SAF Games Swimming Competition at Kolkata in 1987.
*     Peformed as a Technical Official in swimming for the Delhi Asian Games 1982.
*     Successfully qualified as the first NIS (Patiala) swimming coach of Odisha in 1965-66.
*     Inspired lots of youngsters of Sambalpur and Odisha to take up swimming and trained them on the river Mahanadi.
*     Played instrumental role, along with the then Cabinet Minister Dr Jhasketan Sahu and Sambalpur Municipal Corporation Chairman Sangram Sahani in setting up first national level swimming pool of Odisha in Sambalpur.
*     Was the undisputed swimming champion of Odisha for 11 years (1958 to 1968).

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Knwon as the patriarch and role model of the sport of swimming in Odisha.
*     Left his government job in 1982 (at the age of 45) and joined Nehru Yuba Kendra as swimming coach.
*     Leant the skills of swimming on the lap of river The Mahanadi, which flows very close to his home.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 14 May 2023