Jayanti Behera

She is a world youth champion in the TR 400m event and she has also won the gold medal at the recent National Para Athletics Championships 2018 in Panchkula.

[citation needed] Jayanti won a gold medal in 400m and silver in 800m at the 66th Odisha State Athletics Meet held at Cuttack in December 2018.

She bagged a double by winning gold medals in U-20 girls' 400m and 800m events of the 65th Odisha State Athletics Championship held at Cuttack in December 2017.

Jayanti represented India at the World Senior Para Athletics Championships held at London in July 2017 where she was the youngest competitor at 17 and finished sixth in 400m event.

[12] She also got cash awards for outstanding sports performance for the year 2016-17: Odisha for securing gold medals in 200m and 800m of the 16th Senior National Para Athletics Championships held at Panchkula in March 2016.