Punam Yadav

Punam Yadav
Personal information
Native name	पूनम यादव
Nationality	Indian
Born	9 July 1995 (age 28); Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India25
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	63 kg
University team	Kashi Vidyapeeth , Varanasi
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing India Template:MedalComp
	Updated on 16 January 2022.

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Punam Yadav (9 July 1995) is an Indian weightlifter who won Bronze medal in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, where the gold medal was won by Olauwatoyin Adesanmi of Nigeria.^[1] She also won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Early life[edit]

The daughter of a small farmer Punam grew up lending a helping hand to her parents in a Benaras village. After three years of intense training to become an international weightlifter, when Punam finally got a chance to represent India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, her parents lacked the fund to support her. So her father sold their family buffalo to fund Punam’s trip.^[2] With her devotion and extreme efforts reached the height of success in such state like uttar pradesh where sports as a carrier is imissible in this scenario being a girl of obc taking a carrier as future aspect was very much challenging. She also joined BHU KASHI VIDHYA PEETH for her under graduate courses.

Yash Bharti Award[edit]

Punam was given Yash Bharati award by Government of Uttar Pradesh in 2015 for weightlifting.^[3]

Career[edit]

She won the gold medal by lifting a total of 222 kg: 100 kg in Snatch and 122 kg in Clean and jerk in 2018 Commonwealth Games in women's 69 kg division. She had won bronze medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games by lifting a total weight of 202 kg, 88 kg in snatch and 114 kg in Clean and jerk.^[4] She went for undergraduate course at varanasi kashi vidhya peeth.

References[edit]

↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Women's 63kg Group A". results.glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
↑ "Her Farmer Father Sold Their Buffalo So Punam Yadav Could Win Gold For India". 10 April 2018.
↑ "यश भारती सम्मान से 56 हस्तियां अलंकृत 12063610" (in हिन्दी). jagran.com.
↑ "Weightlifting Start List Package" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. 22 July 2014.

External links[edit]

List of Medal winners at Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014
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[glasgow2014-1] "Glasgow 2014 - Women's 63kg Group A". results.glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[2] "Her Farmer Father Sold Their Buffalo So Punam Yadav Could Win Gold For India". 10 April 2018.

[3] "यश भारती सम्मान से 56 हस्तियां अलंकृत 12063610" (in हिन्दी). jagran.com.

[4] "Weightlifting Start List Package" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. 22 July 2014.

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