FULL NAME: Ramesh Munda
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 2009 (Day, month not known)
SON OF: Father (Rupa Munda), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Sialijoda, Deojhar, Joda, Keonjhar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Class-X student of Barbil Municipal High School (As on 20 August 2023).
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: DMF Wushu Stadium, Barbil, Keonjhar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Pankaj Mahanta
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Keonjhar, Odisha, India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won medals several medals in Odisha State Wushu Championships.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Bronze medal in boys 48kg sanda event of the 23rd Junior National Wushu Championship, held at KPR College of Science & Technology in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from 26-31 July 2024.
*     Won the Silver medal at the Sub-junior National Championship, held in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu in 2022.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won the Gold medal in 42kg sanda event of the 11th Asian Junior Wushu Championships, held in Macau, China on 19 August 2023.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Ramesh owes his success to coach and mentor Pankaj Mahanta, a well-known martial art instructor.
*     Mahanta took Ramesh under his wings when the boy was in primary school.
*     He not only trained him at DMF Wushu Stadium in Barbil, but also arranged sponsorship for his academic studies and wushu training from Indian steel company, Jindal Steel & Power Limited.
*     Ramesh joined the newly set up Jindal Sports Hostel, Barbil in July 2023.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 20 August 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 1 August 2024