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{{Short description|Indian weightlifter}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Sairaj Pardeshi
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|2007}}
| birth_place = [[Manmad]], Maharashtra, India
| sport = Weightlifting
| event = 88 kg
| team = India
}}

'''Sairaj Pardeshi''' (born 2007) is an Indian weightlifter who competes in the men's 88 kg category. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2025 [[Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships]] in the junior division.<ref>[https://www.thebridgechronicle.com/sports/sairaj-pardeshi-wins-gold-commonwealth-weightlifting From helping father with picking up scrap to picking up gold at CWC; Maha boy Sairaj Pardeshi]</ref>

== Early life ==
Pardeshi was born in Manmad, [[Maharashtra]]. His father works as a scrap dealer. His rise from humble beginnings to becoming a Commonwealth champion has been described as an inspiring story of perseverance.<ref name="Zee">{{cite news |date=28 August 2025 |title=Meet Sairaj Pardeshi, Maharashtra Teenager Who Creates History At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships |url=https://zeenews.india.com/meet-sairaj-pardeshi-a-maharashtra-teenager-who-creates-history-at-the-commonwealth-weightlifting-championships-2025-2953664.html |access-date=31 August 2025 |work=Zee News}}</ref>

== Career ==
At the 2025 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Ahmedabad, Pardeshi won gold in the junior men's 88 kg category. He lifted a total of 348 kg, comprising a snatch of 157 kg and a clean & jerk of 191 kg, setting new junior Commonwealth records. His total was also higher than the senior gold-winning tally.<ref name="NDTV">{{cite news |date=28 August 2025 |title=From Helping Father Pick Up Scrap To Clinching Weightlifting Gold, Sairaj Pardeshi Scripts History |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/weightlifting/from-helping-father-pick-up-scrap-to-clinching-weightlifting-gold-sairaj-pardeshi-scripts-history-9190875 |access-date=31 August 2025 |work=NDTV Sports}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite news |date=28 August 2025 |title=Indian Weightlifters Bag Seven Medals, Set New Records At Commonwealth Championships 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/indian-weightlifters-bag-seven-medals-set-new-records-at-commonwealth-championships-2025/articleshow/123595816.cms |access-date=31 August 2025 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

In 2024 he won the gold medal at the [[2024 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships]] in Doha, lifting a total of 310 kg (snatch and clean & jerk combined).<ref name="Logical">{{cite news |title=India's Sairaj Pardeshi Wins Gold, Sets Junior Record At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship |url=https://thelogicalindian.com/indias-sairaj-pardesi-wins-gold-sets-junior-record-at-commonwealth-weightlifting-championship |work=The Logical Indian |date=28 August 2025 |access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Indian male weightlifters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2007 births]]
[[Category:People from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:People from Nashik district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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