Mirabai Chanu: Mirabai Chanu became the sole Indian weightlifter to qualify for Paris Olympics. In a recent event, she came to the position of 3rd in Group B and 11th overall for women’s 49kg in the recent IWF World Cup.
Mirabai Chanu
Mirabai Chanu
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter and she belongs to a Meitei family, a warrior clan of Manipur. She was trained at the Sports Academy in Manipur from the age of 12 where she was coached by Vijay Sharma and Aaron Horschig
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu’s achievements and career milestones:
Event
Date
Achievement
2014 Commonwealth Games
Glasgow
Silver medal in the women’s 48 kg weight class
2017 World Weightlifting Championships
Anaheim, California
Gold medal in the Women’s 48 kg category, setting a competition record of 194 kg in total (85 kg snatch and 109 kg clean & jerk)
2018 Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast
Gold medal in the women’s 48 kg weight class, breaking the games record
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo
Silver medal in the Women’s 49 kg category, with a total lift of 202 kg
2022 Commonwealth Games
Birmingham
Gold medal in the Women’s 49 kg category, with a total lift of 201 kg
Additional Achievements:
Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contributions to the sport.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna by the Government of India in 2018.
Broke the game’s record for her weight category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Broke the national record in the 49 kg category at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships.
Created a new national record in the 49 kg category at the 2020 Senior National Weightlifting Championships.
Set a new world record by lifting 119 kg in the clean and jerk at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships.
Who becomes an Indian athlete to qualify for the Paris Olympics?
Mirabai Chanu became an Indian athlete to qualified for the Paris Olympics
