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{{Infobox athlete<br />
| name = Purnachandra Bidika<br />
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| fullname = Purnachandra Bidika<br />
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| nationality = {{IND}}<br />
| sport = [[Powerlifting]]<br />
| event = [[Powerlifting|56kg-Powerlifting]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1957|4|4}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Odisha]], India<br />
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'''Purnachandra Bidika''' (born 4 April 1957) is a Powerlifter from [[Odisha]] who won 4 gold medals in 2006-[[Powerlifting#World champions|World Power Lifting Championship]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/world-champion-works-as-messenger/article1186587.ece "World champion works as messenger"] thehindu.com</ref><ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article281422.ece?service=print "Curtains down on Malyabanta mahotsav"] newindianexpress</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/power-lifters-put-up-good-performance/article762044.ece "Power lifters put up good performance"] thehindu</ref><ref>[http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=18484 "Orissa Governor hails power-lifter"] orissadiary</ref><ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article239398.ece?service=print "Mondei Samman-Raghunath Panigrahi"]<br />
newindianexpress</ref><ref>[http://orissabarta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8102:preparatory-meet-for-celebration-of-mondei-2011&catid=35:top-stories "Mondei-2011"] orissabarta</ref><ref>[https://goodlift.info/lifter.php?lid=1989 "PURNA Chandra Bidika"] goodlift.info</ref><ref>[http://www.powerlifter.cz/bidika-purna-chandra-u1576.aspx "Purna Chandra Bidika"] powerlifter.cz</ref><ref>[http://adivasi.jharkhand.org.in/2008/11/3-day-annual-tribal-fest-parab-kicks.html "Parab kicks off at Jeypore"] adivasi.jharkhand</ref><ref>[http://subratsky.blogspot.in/2010_01_01_archive.html "Orissa's Unsporting Babus"] subratsky.blogspot</ref><ref>[http://www.docstoc.com/docs/109652082/XXVII-World-Armwrestling-Championships "XXVII World Armwrestling Championships"] docstoc.com</ref> Bidika hails from an adivasi family of [[Rayagada]], [[Odisha]]. The Chief Minister of Orissa has made a financial assistance of Rs.2 lakhs for his participation in international event.<ref>[http://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=Mzc= "Personalities"] orisports.com</ref><br />
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==Achievements==<br />
{| {{AchievementTable}}<br />
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!colspan="5"|Representing {{IND}}<br />
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|2005<br />
|[[Powerlifting#World champions|World Power Lifting Championship]] <br />
|[[South Africa]]<br />
|bgcolor=#ccccff# | Silver<br />
|Four medals<br />
|-<br />
|2005<br />
|World Power Lifting Championship<br />
|[[Tokyo]], Japan<br />
|bgcolor="cc9966" | Seventh Position<br />
|70-kg group<br />
|-<br />
|2006<br />
|World Power Lifting Championship<br />
|[[Texas]], United States<br />
|bgcolor=#ccccff# | Gold<br />
|Four Gold Medals<br />
|-<br />
|2010<br />
|World Power Lifting Championship<br />
|[[Ulan Bator]], [[Mongolia]]<br />
|bgcolor=#ccccff# | Gold<br />
|One Gold Medal<br />
|}<br />
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==Other awards and achievements==<br />
* Finished 3rd in 60-kg Master-II category of World power lifting championship held in Palmspring City in USA in 2008<br />
* Won District level Weight lifting championship in 1985 which he continued to win for consecutive 7 times <br />
* Won 52-kg Master Title at the National Arms Wrestling Championship in Bhilai<br />
* Won 52-kg Master Title at the National Arms Wrestling Championship in U.P. in 2006<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Weightlifters from Odisha]]<br />
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