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| in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics |
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Personal Information |
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Nationality |
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Born |
8 August 1994 (age 26) |
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Height |
1.50 m (4 ft
11 in) |
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Weight |
49 kg
(108 lb) |
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Sport |
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Country |
India |
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Sport |
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Event(s) |
49 kg |
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Coached by |
Vijay Sharma, Aaron
Horschig |
Hello Readers, After knowing the news of Mirabai Chanu won the first medal for India(Silver Medal) in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics my heart leap with joy and thought has blinked in mind that why not take this opportunity to write a small story about her real-life with my little knowledge. Please read and comment, as your comments are my motivation to write more articles in my blog on various trending topics. Without wasting time, I am taking you all into my story.
Life Story
Saikhom
Mirabai Chanu (conceived 8 August 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the
silver decoration at Tokyo Olympics in Women's 49 kg, in this way acquiring
India its first award the event.[2][3][4] An ordinary presence in global
occasions since 2014 in the 48 kg class, Chanu has won the World Championships
and various decorations at the Commonwealth Games. She was granted the Padma
Shri by the Government of India for her commitments to the game. She was
granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna grant by the Government of India in 2018.
Chanu
had won the silver decoration in the ladies' 48 kg weight class at 2014
Commonwealth Games, Glasgow; she proceeded to break the games record in transit
to the gold award at the 2018 release of the occasion held in Gold Coast. Her greatest accomplishment came in 2017 when she won the gold award at World
Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United States.
Early Life
Saikhom
Mirabai Chanu was born on 8 August 1994 in Nongpok Kakching, Imphal, Manipur,
to a Meitei family. Her family recognized her solidarity from the beginning
when she was only 12. She could undoubtedly convey an enormous heap of kindling to
her home which her senior sibling thought it was difficult to try and get.
Major Career Achievements in Chronology
1. Commonwealth Games
Chanu's
first unbelievable and significant advancement came at the Glasgow release of
the Commonwealth Games; she won the silver award in the 48 kg weight class.
2. Rio Olympics (2016)
Chanu
qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the ladies' 48 kg classification. Anyway, she tumbled, attributable to no fruitful lifts in any of her three endeavours in
the clean and jerk area.
3. World Weightlifting Championship (2017)
She won
the Gold decoration in the Women's 48 kg class by lifting a contest record 194
kg altogether (85 kg grab and 109 kg clean and jerk) in the 2017 World
Weightlifting Championship held at Anaheim, CA, United States.
4. Commonwealth Games (2018)
Chanu
lifted a total of 196 kg, 86 kg in Snatch and 110 kg in Clean and Jerk to win
the principal gold decoration for India in the Commonwealth Games 2018. In
transit to the decoration, she broke the games record for the weight class; the
exertion additionally denoted her own best performance.
5. World Weightlifting Championship (2019)
She won
Bronze in Clean and Jerk at 49 kg Category in 2019 Asian Weightlifting
Championships. The absolute load of 199 kg was her best ever and she just
passed up a bronze award as her Snatch weight was lower than the third spot
competitor, both of whom had an indistinguishable aggregate. At the 2019 World
Weightlifting Championships, Mirabai lifted an aggregate of 201kgs (87kgs
Snatch and 114kgs Clean and Jerk) to complete fourth. This individual best absolute likewise made
another public record in the 49kg classification.
6. Senior National Weightlifting Championship (2020)
She broke
her own record again four months some other time when she lifted 203kgs (88kgs
in Snatch and 115kg in Clean and Jerk,) in the 49kg class to win the gold award
at the 2020 Senior National Weightlifting Championships.
In 2021,
Mirabai Chanu turned into the first and just lady Indian weightlifter to fit
the bill for the 2021 Summer Games by getting the second situation in the 49kg
classification. The 27-year-old lifted 86 kg in grab and afterwards made the
world record by lifting a monstrous 119 kg in the quick lift, for an aggregate
of 205 kg, which won her a Bronze decoration and a ticket for Tokyo Olympics.
Chanu won
the silver decoration at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, turning into the
first Indian weightlifter to win silver in Olympics, winning a silver award in
49kg weightlifting with an all-out lift of 202 kg. Chanu figured out how to
lift an aggregate of 202 kg in the ladies' 49kg classification to turn into the
second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to win an Olympic award.
Another Olympic record was enrolled by Mirabai Chanu with an effective lift of
115kg in the quick lift. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted her on
getting back the silver award from the occasion, expressing "India is
thrilled with more joyful beginning and a dynamite execution.
Significant Awards
Mirabai Chanu was congratulated by
the Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh, who gave her a monetary reward
of ₹2 million. She accepted India's most elevated regular citizen sports honour
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for 2018. In 2018, Chanu was granted the Padma
Shri by the Government of India. In 2019, she won Gold at Qatar International
Cup, in the wake of lifting 194kg. Chanu has gotten the silver decoration in
the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for 49kg.
Why She Became Trending News Now?
Mirabai Chanu, Weightlifter make
history and be a piece of most recent moving/breaking news by winning/lifting
first award (Silver Medal) at Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the ladies' 49kg class as
China's Zhihu Hou took gold. China's Zhihu lifted 94kg to make an Olympic
record while another Olympic record was enlisted by Mirabai Chanu with a
fruitful lift of 115kg in the quick lift.
Photo Gallery (Tokyo Olympics)
Conclusion
She became an inspiration to the
future girls and set an example of determination, dedication and hard work in right
direction should help in reaching goals.
We are very proud of Mirabai Chanu.
May God bless her with many more laurels and keep the Indian Flag high in
future life ahead. Bravo! Keep it Up.
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