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Saikhom 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 .
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.
The 26-year-old Mirabai Chanu managed a total lift of 202 kgs (87kgs in snatch + 115 kgs in clean and jerk) to finish behind the Olympic champion Hou Zhihui of China, who set an Olympic record with a lift of 210 kgs (94+116).
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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in the women's 49 kg category, becoming the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal after Karnam Malleswari. She lifted a ...
Jun 22, 2022 · Ever since winning a silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Mirabai Chanu has become one of India’s most loved sporting heroes. Born on August 8, 1994, the weightlifting star from Manipur notched up a combined lift of 202kg (87kg snatch; 115kg clean and jerk) to claim the coveted podium in the women’s 49kg category.
6 days ago · Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is vying for her second consecutive Olympic medal at the Paris Games and is one of India's chief hopes of a medal in the French capital. Mirabai, who won a silver medal at ...
Jul 24, 2021 · Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal in weightlifting: Rice, sports club culture, and killer instinct help Manipur produce a world-class lifter like silver-medalist Chanu.
Jul 24, 2021 · Mirabai Chanu created history on Saturday by winning India's first ever weightlifting silver medal in Olympics, after lifting a total of 202 kg in the women's 49 kg event at the Tokyo 2020...
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...
