Weightlifting in India

Weightlifting in India
Weightlifting in India
Country	India
Governing body	Indian Weightlifting Federation
National team(s)	India
International competitions
	Olympics: Karnam Malleswari, bronze, 2000, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, silver, 2020

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Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, which made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.^[1] In 1992, she participated in the Asian championship which took place in Thailand and stood second and won three silver medals. She also won three Bronze medals in the world championship.

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg category, while Mirabai Chanu took the silver in the same event. In the men's 56 kg category, Sukhen Dey won gold and Ganesh Mali won bronze and Sathish Sivalingam won the gold medal in the 77 kg category, with 149 kg snatch, and 179 kg clean and jerk lifts, totalling 328 kg. His lift of 149 kg in the snatch, set a new games record. Affin Varghese won the gold medal in the 57 kg category, with 114 kg snatch, and 130 kg clean and jerk lifts, totalling 298 kg. His lift of 139 kg in the snatch, set a new state record in the junior category.

The headquarters of the Indian Weightlifting Federation is in New Delhi. The Federation is affiliated to the Indian Olympic Association (Delhi) and is also a member of Asian Weightlifting Federation (Tehran) and International Weightlifting Federation (Budapest). The present General Secretary of Indian Weightlifting Federation is Mr. Sahdev Yadav.

The International Weightlifting Federation banned the Indian Weightlifting Federation from participating in all international competitions for one year, as three Indian women weightlifters—S Sunaina, Sanamacha Chanu and Pratima Kumari, were accused of doping offences in various international competitions in a single year.

Total medals won by Indian Weightlifters in Major tournaments[edit]

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Olympic Games	0	1	1	2
World Championships Final	3	8	5	16
World Championships	4	20	10	34
Asian Games	0	5	9	14
Commonwealth Games	43	48	34	125
Total	50	80	59	189

Notable Performance at Summer Olympics[edit]

Year	Event	Player	Result
2000
	Women's 69 kg	Karnam Malleswari
	Women's 53 kg	Sanamacha Chanu	6th
2004
2004	Women's 48 kg	Kunjarani Devi	4th
2012
2012	Women's 48 kg	Ngangbam Soniya Chanu	7th
2020
2020	Women's 49 kg	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu