Sanjita Chanu

Weightlifter

Indian Kakching Khunou, Kakching district, Manipur, India Capricorn 152 cm

Quick Info

ProfessionWeightlifter
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth02/01/1994
Age32 years
BirthplaceKakching Khunou, Kakching district, Manipur, India
Zodiac SignCapricorn

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameKhumukcham Sanjita Chanu
Famous ForTwo time Commonwealth Games Champion in Weightlifting

Physical Stats & More

Height152 cm
Weight50 kg
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Personal Life

ReligionNot Known
Food HabitNon-Vegetarian

Relationships & More

Marital StatusNot Known

Family

ParentsNames Not Known
SiblingsBijen Kumar Khumukcham

Career

Weightlifting
Event(s)
  • 48 kg
  • 53 kg
RecordShe holds the Commonwealth Games record in snatch event with a lift of 84 kg in the 53 kg category
Commonwealth Games Gold (2014)48 kg category, Glasgow
Commonwealth Games Gold (2018)53 kg category, Gold Coast, total lift of 192 kg
Doping HistoryBanned by the IWF in 2018 over a 2017 testosterone sample, later cleared after the charge was dropped in 2020; provisionally suspended by NADA in January 2023 after testing positive for drostanolone

Favourites

Favourite WeightlifterKunjarani Devi
Favourite Food(s)
  • Chamthong
  • Eromba
  • Singju

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Chanu began weightlifting at age twelve in 2006.
2. She looks up to Kunjarani Devi as her role model.
3. Chanu secured India's first gold medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
4. Following her victory at CWG 2014, she encountered a back injury.
5. She holds the Commonwealth Games record in the 53 kg weight class with a snatch of 84 kg.
6. She expressed disappointment at not being included in the final list of Arjuna Awardees.
7. She started with 72 kg weightlifting and straightway shifted to 77 kg without dropping even a single weight in the snatch.
8. She won her second gold medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in the women's 53 kg category with a total lift of 192 kg.
9. She applied for the Arjuna Award after the doping charge was dropped, having been ineligible while the case was open.

Also born on 2 January

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