NAYAK SUMITRA


Gender : Female
Father :
Mother : Gayatri Nayak
Address : Jajpur, Odisha, India
Present Address :
Education : Student of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar. In May 2017, Sumitra was pursuing Graduation in Political Science Honours at KISS.
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Home Club :
Coaching From : Rudrakesh Jena and Naser Hussain
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Description :

GALLERY

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL

22-Jun-2018
* She was part of the Odisha women team that won the gold medal in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Punjab University, Chandigarh from June 22-24, 2018.
15-Mar-2018
* She was part of the KIIT Deemed University team that won the women’s title in the All-India Inter-University Rugby Championship, hald at Punjabi University in Patiala from March 15 to 17, 2018.
11-Aug-2017
* She was a member of the Odisha women team achieved a hat-trick by winning the third successive title in Societe Generale Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Pataliputra Stadium in Patna from August 11-13, 2017.
05-Aug-2016
* She was part of the Odisha team that won the title in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Pataliputra Stadium in Patna (Bihar) from August 5 to 7, 2016.
01-Sep-2015
* She was the captain of the Odisha team that finished third in the Junior National Rugby Championship, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on Sept, 2015.
01-Jul-2015
* She was part of the Odisha team that won the title in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship in July 2015.
24-Aug-2019
She was captain of the Indian team that won the bronze medal in the Asia Rugby U-20 Women Sevens Series, held in Vientiane, Laos on 24, 25 August, 2019.
22-Jun-2019
* She was part of the Indian women 15s team that made history by winning their first-ever test match and a Bronze Medal in the Asia Rugby Women Championship in Manila, Philippines on 22 June 2019.
26-Oct-2018
* She was the vice-captain of the Indian team that finished 4th in the 3rd Asia Rugby Sevens U-18 Girls Championship, held at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Oct 26-28, 2018.
21-Oct-2018
* She was part of the Indian team that emerged Plate Winners in the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy at Panaga Club in Brunei on Oct 21, 2018.

* She was part of the Indian team that clinched bronze medal in the Asian Girls (U-18) Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Dubai in 2016.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA

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She is functioning as part of the seven-member Rugby India Athletes Commission since December 2022.
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* Nominated for International Children`s Peace Prize 2017.
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* With an early childhood tormented by poverty, Sumitra came to the Bhubaneswar when she was only four years old.
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* She was enrolled in Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in 2008, a place where her fascination towards rugby began.
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* In Bhubaneswar her mother initially worked as a maid in order to provide basic facilities to her children.
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* On 17th December 2021, she received a cash award of Rs 1,24,500 from the Government of Odisha for winning gold medal at the All India Women Rugby Championship.
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* Converted two penalty kicks against Singapore to help India win their first-ever test match and a bronze medal in the Asia Rugby Women Championship in 2019.
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* She started rugby practice in 2009, and under the guidance of her coach Rudrakesh Jena in 2012, she played her first State match.* In a story published in the `Sportstar’ magazine, Sumitra disclosed that her father was a drunkard and used to beat her mother.

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