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'''Anuradha Pavunraj''' or '''P. Anuradha''' (born 25 May 1992) is an Indian weightlifter from [[Pudukkottai district|Pudhukkottai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. She represented India in the [[2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Apia]], [[Samoa]]. She won the gold medal in the Women's 87&nbsp;kg category weightlifting with a lift of 221&nbsp;kg (100&nbsp;kg in snatch and 121&nbsp;kg in clean and jerk).<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Anuradha was born on 25 May 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Athletes / Bios: P. Anuradha |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=p.-anuradha-1992-05-25&id=16396 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=iwf.sport }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> in Nemmelipatti in [[Pudukkottai district|Pudhukkottai]], Tamil Nadu. She has an elder brother, Marimuthu. Having lost their father when they were young, her elder brother gave up his studies to help her.<ref>{{Cite web |last=கிருஷ்ணன் |first=பிரமிளா |date=2019-07-24 |title=அனுராதா: தடைகளை தாண்டி பளுதூக்கும் போட்டியில் தங்கம் வென்றது எப்படி? |url=https://www.bbc.com/tamil/sport-49065142 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.bbc.com (பிபிசி தமிழ்)}}</ref> He guided her to pursue in Sports instead of becoming an engineering graduate.<ref name="Grit, gold and glory: Tamil Na...">{{Cite web |last=Mani |first=Sowmya |date=2019-07-27 |title=Grit, gold and glory: Tamil Nadu village girl makes India proud |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2019/jul/27/grit-gold-and-glory-tamil-nadu-village-girl-makes-india-proud-2009886.html |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref><br />
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She completed her Computer Science graduation from [[H. H. The Rajah's College, Pudukkottai|Rajah's College]] and Post graduation from JJ College.<br />
She joined as a sub-inspector of [[Tamil Nadu Police]] in 2016 in [[Thanjavur District]].<ref name="Grit, gold and glory: Tamil Na..." /><br />
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In March 2019, under [[Government of India]]'s [[Sports Authority of India|Sai sponsorship]] she trained at the Indian Camp in [[Patiala]] and got selected for Commonwealth Championships, where she won gold.<br />
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==Major results==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year<br />
! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue<br />
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight<br />
! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)<br />
! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)<br />
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Total<br />
! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank<br />
|-<br />
! width=60 | 1<br />
! width=60 | 2<br />
! width=60 | 3<br />
! width=45 | Rank<br />
! width=60 | 1<br />
! width=60 | 2<br />
! width=60 | 3<br />
! width=45 | Rank<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=13|[[Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships]]<br />
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| [[2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2019]] || align=left | {{flag icon|SAM}} [[Apia]], [[Samoa]] || 2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships| 87&nbsp;kg || 92 || 96 || 100 || '''2''' || 113 || 119 || 121 || '''1''' || '''221''' ||'''{{Gold1}}'''<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1992 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Pudukkottai district]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]</div>TonjaGerow46