India's athletes, on one page.
Olympic medallists, world champions and rising stars — Indian athletes by default, with international profiles a filter away.
5 athlete profiles
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Purnachandra Bidika
Purnachandra Bidika (born 4 April 1957) is an Indian powerlifter from Odisha. He has won 4 gold medals in 2006-World Power Lifting Championship. Bidika hails from an Adivasi family of Rayagada, Odisha.
Rajinder Singh Rahelu
Rajinder Singh Rahelu (born 22 July 1973) is an Indian Paralympic powerlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the 56 kg category. He represented India at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, finishing fifth in the final standings.
Sachin Chaudhary
Sachin Chaudhary (born 30 September 1983) is an Indian powerlifter. 50 kg event. He took the silver medal at the 2017 Powerlifting World Cup in Dubai with a career-best lift of 200 kg.
Sakina Khatun
Sakina Khatun (born 20 June 1989) is an Indian powerlifter from West Bengal. She won bronze medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Saksham Yadav
Saksham Yadav (7 October 1993 – 7 January 2018) was a male Indian powerlifter and a former powerlifting world champion. He died on 7 January 2018 after suffering injuries received during a vehicle accident.