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Dec 19, 2022 · Mirabai Chanu has emerged as the best weightlifting talent in India in decades. Following in the footsteps of Karnam Malleswari and Kunjarani Devi, the Indian weightlifter has gone on to record stellar performances in almost every major tournament for India.
An Olympic silver medallist, a world champion and a three-time Commonwealth Games gold-medallist, Mirabai Chanu can lay claim to being one of India’s finest weightlifters. Mirabai’s silver at Tokyo 2020 was only the second Olympic medal by an Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari.
Oct 28, 2024 · Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter from Manipur. She has competed at the Olympics. Know her achievements, weightlifting records and the medals she has won.
Dec 30, 2021 · Mirabai Chanu won India's first ever weightlifting silver at the Tokyo Olympics. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images
Mar 28, 2022 · Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2021, following a public vote. The Olympic silver medallist beat golfer Aditi Ashok, boxer Lovlina...
Mirabai Chanu (born 9 August 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Women's 49 kg event. She has won gold medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games .
Mar 5, 2023 · Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2022 following a public vote. The 28-year-old Commonwealth champion, who also won in 2021, becomes the...
Jul 24, 2021 · Mirabai Chanu became the 1st Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal at the Olympics; Chanu also became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal at Tokyo 2020; The 26-year-old world-record holding weightlifter hails from Nongpok Kakching in Imphal, Manipur
Jul 24, 2021 · India's star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu created history on Saturday as she overcame her Rio heartbreak to become the first Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal at the Olympic Games. Chanu also became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games in the Women's 49kg category.
Jul 24, 2021 · India's superstar athlete Mirabai Chanu is the only Indian weightlifter to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, which start on July 23. She will take part in the 49kgs category.
