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Karnam Malleswari (born 1 June 1975) is a retired Indian weightlifter. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics in 2000. In 1994, she received the Arjuna Award and in 1999, she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour, and the civilian Padma Shri award.
Lifting 110kg and 130kg in the ‘snatch’ and ‘clean and jerk’ categories respectively to total 240kg, Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win a prestigious Olympic bronze medal. The historic achievement made her an instant household name and the masses named her ‘The Iron Lady’.
Feb 6, 2023 · First Indian woman weightlifter to become world champion. At her first weightlifting world championships in 1993, Karnam Malleswari won bronze in the 54kg. A year later, she converted that to a gold, making Karnam Malleswari the first Indian woman weightlifter to win gold at the world championships.
Feb 28, 2024 · Karnam Malleswari, the Sportstar Aces Lifetime Achievement Award winner, talks about her pioneering journey in Indian weightlifting, the future of the sport and the perils of doping.
May 4, 2020 · When a 12-year-old Karnam Malleswari went to a local gymnasium near her school in Voosavanipeta in Andhra Pradesh to take up weightlifting for the first time, she was shunned by a local coach...
Sep 19, 2020 · NEW DELHI: On this day in 2000, weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in the history of the quadrennial event.
Jun 8, 2021 · Karnam Malleswari became a world champion at the age of 19 in 1994. She defended her world title in 1995, followed it up with a bronze in 1996, her second Asian Games silver in 1998 and then the big one -- a bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The first Indian woman to win a medal at the Games.
Sep 18, 2020 · An Olympic moment that transformed sport for Indian women. While Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal at Sydney 2000, her achievement triggered a change in the right direction. 4 min By Naveen Peter.
Jul 17, 2021 · But the tenacious 25-year-old lifted them clean above her head, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. On September 19, 2000, she won the bronze medal in women’s 69kg ...
Sep 19, 2020 · The final of the 69kg women's weightlifting. Enter, stage left, the first lifter, India's Karnam Malleswari. She walks rapidly up to the stage, the five Olympic rings framing the piece of metal...
