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'''Valluri Srinivasa Rao''' (born 20 October 1981) is an [[India]]n [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He works in the Corps of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering of the [[Indian Army]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
On 25 October 2003, in the [[2003 Afro-Asian Games]] held in [[Hyderabad, India]], Rao won a silver medal in the Men's 56&nbsp;kg category.<ref>{{cite news|title=India win 2 bronze in weightlifting|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031027/sports.htm#22|access-date=22 February 2011|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=26 October 2011}}</ref> He won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Penang, Malaysia in October 2009 in the same category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Results - 2009 Commonwealth Championships, Penang, Malaysia, (18–23 October 2009)|url=http://www.iwlf.net/node/63|publisher=Indian Weightlifting Federation website}}</ref><br />
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On 4 October 2010 Rao won a bronze medal in the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Delhi]] in the Men's 56&nbsp;kg category. On 13 November 2010, he ranked 8th in the [[2010 Asian Games]] in [[Guangzhou]] in the Men's 56&nbsp;kg category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/weightlifter-srinivasa-rao-wins-india-s-first-gold-66165|title=Indian weightlifters fail to impress on Day One in Asian Games|date=13 November 2010|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=14 November 2010}}</ref><br />
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On 22 February 2011, Rao won a gold medal in the Men's 56&nbsp;kg category of the [[2011 National Games of India|34th National Games]] in [[Jamshedpur]]. He represented the Services (SSCB) team in the event.<ref name=toi1>{{cite news|title=CWG bronze-medallist lifter strikes gold at National Games|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/national-games-2011/CWG-bronze-medallist-lifter-strikes-gold-at-National-Games/articleshow/7548319.cms|access-date=22 February 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 February 2011}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian male weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:1981 births]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]</div>->Chris the speller