FULL NAME: Pratik Maharana
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 June 2007 (Source: Athletics Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Yudhisthira Maharana), Mother (Urmila Maharana)
HOME ADDRESS: Danga village, Bargarh district, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Sprinter (100m and 200m runner)
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Dutee Chand Sports Foundation
TRAINING PLACE: Bargarh Mini Stadium, Bargarh Town
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Siba Prasad Mishra
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Bargarh district, Odisha and India
PERSONAL BEST: 100m (10.8 seconds) and 200m (21.41 seconds)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Bagged a double, winning the two Gold medals in Boys-18 100m and 200m run and setting New Meet Record in 200m (21.89s), 70th Odisha State Junior Athletics Championship, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, 1-3 June 2024.

ZONAL:
*     Won 2 Gold and 1 Silver medal in U-18 boys 100m, 200m and 1000m sprint medley respectively in the 35th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 7-9 Oct 2024.
*     Won the in U-18 men 200m Gold medal in the 34th East Zone Junior Athletics Championships held at SAI Sports Complex, Salt Lake, Kolkara from 17-19 October 2023.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the boys 200m run Gold medal with a New Meet Record, clocking 21.65s in the 19th National Youth (U-18) Athletics Championships at Bahtarai Athletics Stadium in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh on 17 June 2024.
*     Won one Silver and one Bronze medal in boys 1000m sprint medley and 100m sprint respectively in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai from 23-25 January 2024.
*     Won the Gold medal in U-18 men 1000m sprint medley event with a new meet record in the 38th National Junior Athletics Championships at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) on 10 November 2023.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Made his junior international debut memorable, winning 2 Silver medals (one each in 200m and 4x100m relay) in the 4th South Asian Junior Athletics Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on 13 September 2024.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Due to financial difficulties in his family he had to work as a delivery boy during adolscence.
*     Pratik is the only son of a five-member family, which includes his parents, sister Prativa and grandmother.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 November 2023
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 18 October 2024