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	[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2014 to Ms. Yumanam Renu Bala Chanu for Weightlifting, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2014.jpg\|right\|thumb\|President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the Arjuna Award for 2014 to Yumanam Renu Bala Chanu]]		[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2014 to Ms. Yumanam Renu Bala Chanu for Weightlifting, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2014.jpg\|right\|thumb\|President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the Arjuna Award for 2014 to Yumanam Renu Bala Chanu]]

	'''Yumnam Renu Bala Chanu''' (born 2 October 1986) is an [[India]]n woman [[Powerlifting\|weightlifter]], hailing from ~~Koiamgei~~ Mayai ~~Leikoi~~ village located near [[Imphal]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/talented-weightlifter-renu-bala-achieves-her-gold/693875/\|title=Talented weightlifter Renu Bala achieves her gold - Indian Express\|website=archive.indianexpress.com\|language=en-gb\|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref> She secured a gold medal in the Women's 58 kg category at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/WeightLifting/Results/Result%20-%20WL10581XXXXXXX?ScheduleItemID=27005\|title=M2006 > Schedule and Results > Weightlifting\|website=m2006.thecgf.com\|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>		'''Yumnam Renu Bala Chanu''' (born 2 October 1986) is an [[India]]n woman [[Powerlifting\|weightlifter]], hailing from Kyamgei Mayai Leikai village located near [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/talented-weightlifter-renu-bala-achieves-her-gold/693875/\|title=Talented weightlifter Renu Bala achieves her gold - Indian Express\|website=archive.indianexpress.com\|language=en-gb\|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref> She secured a gold medal in the Women's 58 kg category at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/WeightLifting/Results/Result%20-%20WL10581XXXXXXX?ScheduleItemID=27005\|title=M2006 > Schedule and Results > Weightlifting\|website=m2006.thecgf.com\|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian weightlifter}}
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[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2014 to Ms. Yumanam Renu Bala Chanu for Weightlifting, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2014.jpg|right|thumb|President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the Arjuna Award for 2014 to Yumanam Renu Bala Chanu]]

'''Yumnam Renu Bala Chanu''' (born 2 October 1986) is an [[India]]n woman [[Powerlifting|weightlifter]], hailing from Koiamgei Mayai Leikoi village located near [[Imphal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/talented-weightlifter-renu-bala-achieves-her-gold/693875/|title=Talented weightlifter Renu Bala achieves her gold - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref> She secured a gold medal in the Women's 58 kg category at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/WeightLifting/Results/Result%20-%20WL10581XXXXXXX?ScheduleItemID=27005|title=M2006 > Schedule and Results > Weightlifting|website=m2006.thecgf.com|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>

== Career ==
Renu Bala's career kicked off when she was selected for training during a 'talent hunt' camp of [[Sports Authority of India]], at Imphal in the year 2000, when after winning a silver in the state championship, she was recommended to the SAI. She received training at Lucknow under Hansa Sharma and GP Sharma.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/talented-weightlifter-renu-bala-achieves-her-gold/693875/|title=Talented weightlifter Renu Bala achieves her gold - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>

Renubala hails from Manipur but represents Assam,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep1014/sports055|title=The Assam Tribune Online|last=Trade|first=TI|website=www.assamtribune.com|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref> and was the third athlete from the former to have won a medal, after [[Ngangbam Soniya Chanu|Soniya Chanu]] (silver in women's 48 kg) and [[W. Sandhyarani Devi|Sandhaya Rani Devi]] (bronze in women's 48 kg).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/cwg-2010-delhi-ive-toiled-hard-for-this-gold-medal-renu-bala/20101006.htm|title=I've toiled hard for this gold medal: Renu Bala|work=Rediff|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref> She represented Assam in the 2007 Guwahati National Games and won four gold medals for the State.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep1014/sports055|title=The Assam Tribune Online|last=Trade|first=TI|website=www.assamtribune.com|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>

She succeeded in defending her gold medal again at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] at [[Delhi]]. The [[Northeast Frontier Railway Zone (India)|Northeast Frontier Railway]] employee set a new Games snatch record with a lift of 90 kg in her final attempt. Renu added 107 kg to her snatch record to total 197 to win the gold medal for the second successive time. She heaved 88 kg and broke the prior record held by [[Maryse Turcotte]] from Canada during the [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Games]], and improved it in her next attempt to bring it up to 90 kg. Her national record is 93 for snatch, 119 for clean jerk and 209 for total. She dedicated her gold medal to the people of India and to the Indian Weightlifting Federation, saying that her win would help the Federation to recover from their recent setbacks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Renu-Bala-clinches-weightlifting-gold/article15770978.ece|title=Renu Bala clinches weightlifting gold|last=Sabanayakan|first=S.|date=2010-10-06|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She expressed her pride and the significance of her achievements for someone hailing from a financially troubled background, and described her medal as a token of acknowledgement for the efforts her family, and coaches put in for her training.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other/courage-as-a-badge-of-honour/story-UxlMCuYLr4ZrAkxLeHX0dM.html|title=Courage as a badge of honour|date=2010-10-07|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en}}</ref>

In 2014, she was felicitated jointly by the Assam Weightlifting Association (AWA) and the Assam Olympic Association (AOA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep1014/sports055|title=The Assam Tribune Online|last=Trade|first=TI|website=www.assamtribune.com|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref> She won the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.odishabook.com/Aticle/More/Current-Affairs/2014/08/24/List-of-Arjun-Award-Winners-2014|title=List of Arjun Award Winners 2014 {{!}} Current Affairs {{!}} OdishaBook|website=www.odishabook.com|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref>

She was unable to participate in the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow due to health related issues.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other/cwg-gold-winning-lifter-chanu-has-kidney-failure/story-MfaQloZck9IY1xyOE1jFXP.html|title=CWG gold-winning lifter Chanu has kidney failure|date=2013-09-12|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-08-25|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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