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| Birth name | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||
| Born | Berhampur, Odisha, India | |||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||
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Chandra Sekhar Sahu is a former Indian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg event at the 1991 South Asian Games.[1]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Sahu hails from Berhampur and was born in a family of weightlifters. His father, Rama Chandra Sahu, and his brother, Krushna Chandra Sahu, were national-level weightlifters. His son, Punit Chandra Sahu, is a youth-level national weightlifter and a Khelo India Games medalist.[2][3]
Career[edit | edit source]
Sahu represented Odisha, Maharashtra, and Railways in the National Weightlifting Championships.[4] He won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg category, lifting 127.5 kg in snatch and 162.5 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 290 kg at the 1991 SAF Games held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was also a gold medallist at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships.[5][6]
He also works as a coach, mentoring young weightlifters from across the state for national-level competitions.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Chandra Sekhar Sahu". Orisports. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ "Punit Chandra Sahu". Orisports. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ "Khelo India Youth Games: Odisha's Punit Sahu Bags Silver Medal In Weightlifting". Pragativadi. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ "Chandra Sekhar Sahu". sportsodisha.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ "Sahu's tale: Working in tea stalls to winning gold at Khelo India University Games". The News Indian Express. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ "Poor sports infrastructure in CWG medal winner's town". The Economic Times. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ↑ "Lifters' meet takes off". The Telegraph. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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