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The present General Secretary of Indian Weightlifting Federation is Mr. Sahdev Yadav. The International Weightlifting Federation banned the Indian Weightlifting Federation from participating in all international competitions for one year, as three Indian women weightlifters—S Sunaina, Sanamacha Chanu and Pratima Kumari, were accused of doping ...
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (born 2 January 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. Born in Kakching Khunou, Kakching district, Manipur, she is a two time Commonwealth Games Champion. Chanu won the gold medals at the 2014 Glasgow and the 2018 Gold Coast events in the women's 48 kg and 53 kg weight category respectively. She holds the Commonwealth Games ...
Chanu won the silver medal in 49 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a total lift of 202 kg, [20] becoming the first Indian weightlifter to win silver at the Olympics, the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to win an Olympic medal, and the second Indian woman after P. V. Sindhu to win an Olympic silver.
Achinta Sheuli (born 24 November 2001) is an Indian weightlifter who competes in the 73 kg weight class. [2] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he set a Games record of 313 kg and won gold. [3] [4] He lifted 143 kg in snatch (Games Record & equal to his previous personal best) and 170 kg in clean & jerk. [5]
Sanket Mahadev Sargar (born 16 October 2000) is an Indian weightlifter who holds the national and Commonwealth record of 256 kg in the men's 55 kg weight class. [2] He won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a total lift of 248 kg.
Priteesmita Bhoi (born 14 November 2008) is an Indian weightlifter competing in the 40 kg category. [ 1 ] In May 2024, Bhoi set a youth world record of 76 kg in the Clean & Jerk category at the 2024 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in the 40 kg event, winning a gold for India in the process.
Team India said she was 100 grams — about a fifth of a pound — over the weight limit. Instead of becoming India’s first woman to compete in an Olympic final, she went home empty-handed.
The Indian Weightlifting Federation was formed in 1935 with Bijay Chand Mahtab of Burdwan as its first President and NN Bose, as Secretary. It was also affiliated with the Indian Olympic Association and International Weightlifting Federation in the same year. [2] The federation sent a team to the Berlin Olympics for the first time in 1936.