Mirabai Chanu

Mirabai Chanu
Mirabai Chanu at the 2016 South Asian Games
Personal information
Full nameMirabai Chanu Saikhom
Born (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994
Nongpok Kakching, Manipur, India
Height1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Police career
BranchManipur Police
Service years2022–present
RankAdditional Superintendent of Police
AwardsKhel Ratna Award
Padma Shri
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event
49 kg
Coached by
  • Vijay Sharma
  • Aaron Horschig
Achievements and titles
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2020
World finals
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2017 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2025
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 1 2 0
Asian Championships 0 0 1
Commonwealth Games 3 1 0
Commonwealth Championships 4 1 0
South Asian Games 1 0 0
Total 9 5 1
Olympics Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo49kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Anaheim48kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Bogotá49kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Førde48kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tashkent49kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold Coast48kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham49kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Glasgow48kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Glasgow48kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Penang48kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Gold Coast48kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Apia49kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Ahmedabad48kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Pune48kg
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Guwahati48kg

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom (born 9 August 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women's 49 kg event. On 17 April 2021, she set a world record in clean & jerk in the 49 kg category with a lift of 119 kg (262 lb) in the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships, a record which she held till 5 September 2023.

Mirabai Chanu won a gold medal in the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships. She has also won two silver medals at the World Weightlifting Championships. She has won three gold medals and a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. In the 49 kg weight class, she set a new Commonwealth Games record in the snatch, clean & jerk, and overall categories in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which she bettered in the 2022 and the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Mirabai Chanu was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, and Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour, by the Government of India in 2018. In 2022, she joined the I-League football club NEROCA FC as its brand ambassador.

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