MISTRY RACHITA

Date of Birth : 1974-03-04
Gender : Female
Father : Laxmidhar Panda
Mother : Bilasini Panda
Address : : Lcr 568, Chhend Colony, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
Present Address : 12, Lady Sakerbai Block, Gilder Lane, Mumbai Central, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education : Arts Graduate from Indira Gandhi Womens College, Cuttack.
Occupation : Running a fitness centre since 2003. Earlier served in Indian Railways.
Home Club : SAI Training Centre, Cuttack
Coaching From : Subas Chand Dasmohapatra
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GALLERY

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL


* Held the 100m national record of 11.38 seconds, which she set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet in Trivandrum on August 12, 2000 for 13 years before it was bettered by Merlin K Joseph in 2013.

* Set the 200m National record on July 31, 2000 at Chennai with a timing of 23.10 seconds before its was broken by Saraswati Saha in August 2002.

* Won the 100m gold medal with a timing of 11.48s in the Inter-State Athletics Meet at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on July 30, 2000.

Represented Asia in Athletics World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, ?.

* Represented India in the 4x100m relay at 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, where the Indian quartet with V Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi and Saraswat Saha as other three members finished last in the first round hits, clocking 45.20 seconds on 29 September, 2000.* Won the 100m bronze medal in the Asian Athletics Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2000.

* Represented India in 4x100m relay together with P T Usha, E B Shyla, and Saraswati Saha at the 1998 Asian Championships where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current national record of 44.43 seconds.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA

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* Received the Ekalabya Award, instituted by IMFA, in 1993.
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* In 2017, Odia sprinter Dutee Chand threatened to sue Rachita after the letter allegedly called her transgender.
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* Gave birth to her son in 2006.
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* Her daughter Karen is now settled in Australia as a doctor in physiotherapy. Now working Queensland Hospital.
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* She was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for life-time achievement for the year 2010 by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2014. The award carried a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh.
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* Helping underpriveleged kids since 2010. For that she took a 40-day training with underprivileged children at sprint superstar Usain Bolt Club in Jamaica.

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