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63 kg. 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.
Indian weightlifter Karnam Malleswari holds the distinguished honour of being the first woman from India to win a medal at the Olympics. Her career’s crowning achievement came at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Lifting 110kg and 130kg in the ‘snatch’ and ‘clean and jerk’ categories respectively ...
At the Sydney 2000 Games, Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.(Getty Images) Karnam took a maternity break in 2001 and was training hard for the 2002 Commonwealth Games but her father’s sudden demise led to her pulling out. Karnam Malleswari did travel for the 2004 Olympics at Athens but a severe back ...
Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari etched her name in history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. She accomplished the feat at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Her remarkable ...
Feb 28, 2024 · She is a two-time World Champion and has won countless other medals in national and international competitions. But Karnam Malleswari will be forever remembered for the bronze she won in the 69kg weightlifting at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, which made her the first Indian woman to medal at the biggest sporting event in the world.
Jun 10, 2020 · 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Indian Female Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari has marked a new era for India at the 2000 Summer Olympics i...
Sep 18, 2020 · 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. For Indian weightlifting champion Karnam Malleswari, the Sydney 2000 Olympics will always be a dream that came true. Included in the Olympic programme for the first time, women’s ...
