FULL NAME: Pratyasa Ray
GENDER: Female
BORN: 26th September, 2002 (Source: Odisha State Swimming Association)
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Village-Sarabul, Block- Jharbandha, District- Bargarh, State- Odisha, Country- India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
FAMILY: Rajat Kumar Ray (Father), Charushree Behura (Mother)
EDUCATION: Studied at BJEM School and Demonstration Multipurpose School, Bhubaneswar.
EVENTS PURSUED: 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Biju Patnaik Swaimming Complex, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Now trains at Odisha-JSW Swimming High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar since (Date not known).
TRAINING PLACE: Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Rankanidhi Seth, Surendra Naik, Tapan Panigrahi
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Utkal University, Bhubaneswar-Khordha District Aquatic Association, Odisha State Swimming Association and Swimming Federation of India
IDOL: Olympian Michael Phelps (USA)
FUTURE GOAL: Represent country in Olympic Games

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Emerged as the Joint-Best Swimmer in Women Open category, bagging 6 Gold medals in the 64th Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Aquatic Centre, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 19-21 July 2024.
*     Won 6 Gold medals in the 63rd Odisha State Swimming Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool Complex in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 4-7 June 2023.
*     Won 9 Gold medals in the 57th State Swimming Championship, held at OCA Swimming Complex, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, on June 5 and 6, 2016.
*     Won 4 Gold medals (50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m butterfly) in the 54th State Swimming Championship held at OCA Club Swimming Pool, Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on April 29 and 30, 2013.
*     Adjudged best in sub-junior category of the State Swimming Championship, 2011 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, winning 4 Gold medals (50m butterflay, 50m backstroke, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle) and 1 Silver medal in 50m breaststroke.

NATIONAL:
*     Won 1 Gold (4x100m medley relay) and 2 Bronze medals (1 each in 100m and 200m backstroke) in the 38th National Games at the Indira Gandhi International Stadium Swimming Pool in Haldwani, Uttarakhand between 30 Jan-2 Feb 2025.
*     Won 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in the 77th Senior National Aquatic Championships, held at the International Swimming Complex in Mangalore, Karnataka from 10-13 September 2024.
*     Won 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in the 2nd Odisha National Swimming Ranking Championship (Final) 2023, held at Kalinga Stadium Aquatic Centre, Bhubaneswar from 10-12 June 2024.
*     Won the Bronze medal in women 4x100m medley relay event of the 37th National Games in Panjim, Goa on 30 October 2023.
*     Won the Bronze medal in women 200m backstroke event, clocking 2:33.34s in the 46th Junior National Aquatic Championship at Rajkot in Gujarat on 27 June 2019.
*     Bagged 1 Gold (100m backstroke) and 2 Silver (50m and 200m backstroke) medals the 64th National School Games Swimming Championships, held in New Delhi from Dec 14-19, 2018.
*     Won 1 Broze medal each in girls 100m and 200m backstroke events of the 1st Khelo India School Games, held in New Delhi from Jan 31 to Feb 8, 2018.
*     Bagged 1 Silver medal each in 100m and 200m backstroke events of the 63rd National School Games, held in New Delhi from Nov 25-29, 2017.
*     Bagged a historic treble by winning 3 Gold medals in Group-II Girls (13-14 years) category of the 43rd Junior National Aquatic Championship, held at Basavangudi Aquatic Centre in Bangalore from July 5 to 9, 2016. She became the first swimmer from Odisha to win a gold medal in any National championship.
*     Won 1 Silver medal each in 100m backstroke and 50m butterfly events of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) National Championship, held at Kolkata in 2015.
*     Won 1 Bronze medal in 50m backstroke event of the 31st Sub-junior National Aquatic Championship, held at Indore (MP) from June 27 to 29, 2014.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won 2 Silver medals (one each in women 50m and 200m backstroke events) in the Thailand Age Group Swimming Championships at Assumption University in Bangkok on 7 and 10 April 2023.
*     Made a glorious international debut by bagging 4 Gold and 1 Silver medals in U-15 category of the South Asian Aquatic Championships, held at Sugathadasa Indoor Swimming Pool in Colombo, Sri Lanka from Oct 18 to 23, 2016.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won 3 Gold and 1 Bronze medal at the KZN Premier Provincial Championships, held in Pretoria, South Africa from 17 to 21 December 2024.
*     Won 4 Gold and 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal for Utkal University in the 4th Khelo India University Games, held at Dr Zakir Hussain Aquatics Complex in Guwahati from 19-22 February 2024.
*     Bagged 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medals for Utkal University in the All India Inter-University Aquatics Championship, held at SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai from 2-4 February 2024.
*     Won 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals for Utkal University in the 3rd Khelo India University Games at Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik (SVSP) Indoor Stadium in Greater Noida between 26 and 29 May 2023.
*     Won the 1 Gold medal in open women group of the Kalinga Super Swimming Series 2023 (First leg), held at Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 6 May 2023.
*     Won 2 Silver medals (one each in women 100m backstroke and 50m backstroke) at the 2nd Khelo India University Games in Bengaluru on 25 and 28 April 2022.
*     Bagged 1 Silver and Bronze medal each in women 50m and 100m backstroke events respectively for Utkal University in the  All-India Inter-University Aquatics Championship, held at KISS-KIIT Swimming Complex in Bhubaneswar from 22-26 December 2021.
*     Won Bronze medal in senior 100m backstroke event at the All-India Invitational Swimming Championship in Bangalore on 31 March, 2021.
*     Bagged 3 Silver medals (50m, 100m, 200m) backstroke events of the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati between 17-22 January, 2020.
*     Emerged joint Gold medallist in U-19 girls 100m butterfly event of the CBSE National Swimming Championship, held at Bhopal, MP from 12-16 November 2019.
*     Won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in the 2nd Khelo India Youth Games, held at Pune, Maharashra from Jan 9 to 20, 2019.
*     Won the Gold medal in the 200m backstroke event of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan National Level Women Competition at GMC Balayogi Stadium in Hyderabad on Feb 11, 2016.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     She was honoured with the 32nd Ekalabya Puraskar and a cash prize of Rs 7 lakh by Indian Metal Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT) in Bhubaneswar on 3 Nov 2024.
*     Became the first-ever individual medal winner for Odisha in the Senior National Aquatic Championships in Mangalore on 10 September 2024.
*     On 14 March 2024, Odisha Govt felicitated her with a cash award of Rs 3,82,000 for winning a total of 12 medals at the Khelo India University Games 2023 and the All-India University Games 2023.
*     Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated her with a cash incentive of Rs 1.70 lakh on the occasion of Biju Patnaik Sports Award function in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2016.
*     Started swimming at the age of two years at Dr Jhasa Ketan Sahu Swimming Complex in Sambalpur, under the tutelage of Rankanidhi Seth.
*     Honing her skills at Biju Patnaik Swimming Complex, Bhubaneswar, under the guidance of senior coach Surendra Naik since 2011.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 12 August 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 February 2025