{"id":1842,"date":"2018-04-02T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T11:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2018-04-02T11:49:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T11:49:57","slug":"weight-lifting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/sports\/weight-lifting.html","title":{"rendered":"Famous Weightlifting Players in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weightlifting, commonly known as lifting is a very popular sport. In it, the contestants try to lift heavy weights attached to the steel bars known as barbells. Weightlifting requires a lot of strength and skill.<\/p>\n<p>It is categorized into two events-the &#8220;snatch&#8221; and the &#8220;clean and jerk&#8221;. Until the 1972 Olympics, another event the &#8220;clean and press&#8221; or simply &#8220;press&#8221;, was also practised but was eliminated due to complications in judging.<\/p>\n<p>The headquarters of Indian Weightlifting Federation is at New\u00a0<a class=\"links\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/delhi\">Delhi<\/a>. The Federation is affiliated to the Indian Olympic Association (Delhi) and is also a member of Asian Weightlifting Federation (Tehran) and International Weightlifting Federation (Budapest). The present General Secretary of Indian Weightlifting Federation is Balbir Singh.<\/p>\n<p>The International Weightlifting Federation banned the Indian Weightlifting Federation from participating in all international competitions for one year, as three Indian women weightlifters&#8211; S Sunaina, Sanamacha Chanu and Pratima Kumari, were accused of doping offences in various international competitions in a single year.<\/p>\n<p><b>Few notable Indian weightlifters and their remarkable achievements are:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Yumnam Chanu secured gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, in the Women&#8217;s 58kg category.<\/li>\n<li>Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, in the Men&#8217;s 69kg class.<\/li>\n<li>Pratima Kumari secured two gold medals at the Manchester Commonwealth Games (2002). She tested positive at a pre-Olympic anti-dope operation.<\/li>\n<li>Kunjarani Devi won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (2006), in Melbourne in the 48 kg woman&#8217;s category.<\/li>\n<li>Karnam Malleshwari is the first Indian who secured an Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney.<\/li>\n<li>Mohammed Asdullah won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games (2006), in the Men&#8217;s 77kg category.<\/li>\n<li>Geeta Rani was the star at the Commonwealth Games (2006), as she won the gold medal in the Women&#8217;s +75 kg category.<\/li>\n<li>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#e1e0dd\">\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/sports\/weight-lifting.html\">Famous Weightlifting Players<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/sports\/karnam-malleshwari.html\">Karnam Malleshwari<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/sports\/n-kunjarani-devi.html\">N. 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