| 1. Ragala Venkat Rahul is from Stuartpuram, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. |
| 2. He clinched his debut international medal, a gold, in 2012 at the Youth Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Samoa. |
| 3. In 2017, he secured gold in the 85kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. |
| 4. Ragala proudly displays a tattoo honoring his parents on his chest. |
| 5. He qualified for and competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's 85kg category. |
| 6. He took up weightlifting because his father could not fulfill his own dream in the sport. |
| 7. He joined the national weightlifting camp at age 14. |
| 8. He became India's first-ever gold medallist in the 85 kg category at the Commonwealth Games. |
| 9. The Andhra Pradesh government announced a cash reward of INR 15 lakh for his 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medal. |
