Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||
| Born |
8 August 1994 Imphal East, Manipur, India | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) (2014) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||
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 India | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 48 kg | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 24 July 2014. | |||||||||||||
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Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (born 8 August 1994) is an Indian weightlifter who won silver medal in the women's 48 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow,[1] where the gold medal was won by another Indian Khumukcham Sanjita.She hails from Manipur state of India.
Mirabai qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 48 Kg category. However, she failed to finish the event as she failed to lift the weight in any of her three attempts in clean & jerk section. [2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Lifter Sanjita Khumukcham wins India`s first gold medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games". 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu fails to complete weightlifting event". First Post. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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