BHUBANESWAR 15-Sep-2017
A 128-member squad, representing Amateur Kickboxing Association of Odisha (AKAO), bagged 69 medals out of a total of 128 to finish fourth in the WAKO India Cadet, Junior & Senior National Kickboxing Championship, held at Balbeer Sing Juneja Indoor Stadium, Raipur, Chhatisgarh from September 6 to 10, 2017.
This was announced today by AKAO president Kartik Dakua. The medals included 13 gold, 18 silver and 38 bronze. Led by AKAO secretary Odisha kickboxers vied for medals in point fight, light contact, kick light, full contact and musical events.
MEDAL WINNERS’ LIST:
MALE: Siddharth Sitania (Bronze), Aman Kumar Nanda (Bronze), Mihir Kumar Sahoo (2 Silver, 1 Bronze), Tarinisen Mahanta (Bronze), Dhananjaya Beura (Bronze), Shekhar Suman Das (Gold), Purna Chandra Maharana (Silver), B Bhaskar Rao (Bronze), Nishikanta Patra (Bronze), Daniel Khara (Bronze), Swaraj Kumar Sahoo (Bronze), Prakash Behera (Bronze), Abinash Das (Gold), Himansu Shekhar Sahoo (Bronze), Dibyanshu Pandey (Gold), Kalash Varu (Bronze), Md Yasin Aman (Bronze), Lingaraj Majhi (Silver), Hasnain Wasim (1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Swastibrat Sahoo (Bronze), Kunal Pandey (Bronze), Himmat Singh (Bronze), Badal Kumar Nayak (Gold), Sandeep Soren (1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Md Taufik (Silver), Manjit Singh (2 Gold), Asit Kumar Purohit (Silver), Biren Kumar Das (Bronze), Kshitish Kumar Samal (2 Bronze), Santosh Behera (Bronze), Subhakanta Sahu (Silver), Pradeep Kumar Sahoo (Bronze).
FEMALE: Kirtirani Sahoo (3 Gold), Nibedita Nayak (Bronze), Ambika Gupta (Silver), Nikhat Bano (2 Silver), Shikruti Muduli (Bronze), Mehroz Akhter (Bronze), Mamita Naik (Gold), Geeta Munda (2 Silver), Jeema Naik (Gold), Rani Tiriya (1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Nushrrat Khatoom (2 bronze), Sambari Munda (1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Baijayanti Naik (Bronze), Damayanti Naik (1 Gold, 1 Bronze), Bijainee Majhi (Bronze), Shipi Oram (Bronze), Mamata Fadukar (Bronze), Ritu Gill (1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Isha Rani Biswal (Silver), Lopamudra Jena (Gold), Dharitri Sethi (2 Bronze).
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PHOTO: Kickboxers and officials of Odisha squad on September 7, 2017.
