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Karnam Malleswari
Indian weightlifter (born )
Karnam Malleswari (born 1 June ) is a retired Indianweightlifter. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics in In , she received the Arjuna Award and in , she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour, and the civilian Padma Shri award.
Career
Malleswari won the world title in the 54 kg division in and and placed third in and
In , she won silver at the World Championships in Istanbul and in she won the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Korea in the 54 kg category. That year, she won the title in China with a record lift of kg at the World Championships.
Even before her Olympic win, Malleswari was a two-time weightlifting world champion with 29 international medals, which includes 11 gold medals.[2]
Along with the national and international medals, Malleswari was also awarded with Arjuna Award in , the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in , and Padma Shri in [3][better&#;source&#;needed][4]
At the Sydney Olympics, Malleswari lifted kg in the "snatch" and kg in the "clean and jerk" categories for a total of kg.
She won the bronze medal and became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.[5] She is also the first Indian weightlifter, male or female, to win an Olympic medal.[6] Her medal was the only medal that India secured in the Olympics.[5]
Personal life
Malleswari was born in a Telugu Brahmin family in Srikakulam.[7] She has four sisters and all are married and well settled in life.[citation needed]
Malleshwari started her career when she was 12 and was trained under coach Neelamshetty Appanna.[8] Her sister was married and living in Delhi, and Malleshwari moved to that city for better training when it became clear that she had the potential to become a great athlete.
Her talent was soon spotted by the Sports Authority of India. In , Malleshwari joined the national camp and four years later, she became the weight-lifting world championship winner in the kg class.[9]
In , Malleshwari married fellow weightlifter Rajesh Tyagi.
Karnam malleswari autobiography example Karnam Malleswari (born 1 June ) is a retired Indian weightlifter. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics in In , she received the Arjuna Award and in , she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour, and the civilian Padma Shri award.In , one year after winning the Olympic bronze medal in her sport, she became a mother with the birth of a son. She planned to return to competitions at the Commonwealth Games, but withdrew due to her father's death. She retired after failing to score at the Olympics.[1][10][11] Karnam Malleshwari and Tyagi currently lives in Yamunanagar, Haryana, with their son and in-laws in a joint family.[citation needed] She works at the Food Corporation of India as Chief General Manager (General Administration).[citation needed]
In June , she was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Sports University, established by the government of Delhi.[12]
Awards
She is honoured with the Arjuna award in She is honoured with the Padmashri Award in
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