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| birth_place = [[Sibsagar]], [[Assam]], India<ref>{{cite news |title=Commonwealth Games 2022 squad: Full list of athletes in Indian weightlifting team |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/commonwealth-games/know-your-athlete/india-team-weightlifting-commonwealth-games-2022-full-list-of-players-cwg/article65653787.ece |access-date=5 August 2022 |work=Sportstar |date=18 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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'''Popy Hazarika''' (born 8 December 1998) is an [[India|Indian]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weightlifter profile |url=https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=hazarika-popy-1998-12-08&id=17520 |access-date=4 August 2022 |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]]}}</ref> She won a Silver medal at [[2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships]] in [[Tashkent]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= 14 December 2021|title=Popy wins silver medal in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/local-sports/popy-wins-silver-medal-in-commonwealth-weightlifting-championship-567840 |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The Sentinel |language=en}}</ref> In July 2022 she placed Seventh in the women's 59 kg weightlifting event at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |title=Weightlifter Popy Hazarika finishes seventh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2022/indiabirmingham/cwg-2022-weightlifter-popy-hazarika-finishes-seventh/articleshow/93256689.cms |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The Times of India |date= 31 July 2022|language=en}}</ref> She works in the Indian Railway.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Working as farm hand and cook, single mother of four daughters raises champion weightlifter |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cwg-2022-weightlifter-popy-overcomes-tough-childhood-to-aim-for-a-medal-at-birmingham-8042189/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg category at the 2023 [[Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships]] held at Noida.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023: India finish with 20 medals - full list of winners |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/commonwealth-weightlifting-championships-2023-india-results-medal-winners |publisher=olympics.com |date=16 July 2023 |access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref><br />
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*[https://iwf.sport/weightlifting_/athletes-bios/?athlete=hazarika-popy-1998-12-08&id=17520 IWF profile]<br />
*[https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/24264 CW Games profile]<br />
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[[Category:1998 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters from Assam]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Sivasagar]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games weightlifters for India]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]<br />
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