Jeremy Lalrinnunga

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Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 62 kg 1799.jpg
Jeremy Lalrinnunga of India after winning the gold medal during Boys' 62kg category weightlifting at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
Personal information
Born26 Oct 2002 (2002-10-26) (age 19)
Aizawl, Mizoram, India
OccupationWeightlifter

Jeremy Lalrinnunga is an Indian weightlifter from Aizawl, Mizoram[1] who represented India in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.

He won the gold medal in the Boys' 62 kg category weightlifting with a lift of 274 kg (124 kg in snatch and 150 kg in clean and jerk).[2][3] It was India's first gold medal in the Youth Olympics Games.Jeremy won silver medal in Asian weightlifting championship.[4]

At the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Lalrinnunga finished at 21st rank at the Men's 67 kg event.

References[]

  1. ^ Siwach, Vinay. "India's first Youth Olympics gold medallist Lalrinnunga on why he chose weightlifting". scroll.in.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting: Turkey wins silver in Youth Olympics". Anadolu Agency. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Youth Olympics: Mizo boy Jeremy Lalrinnunga is Ironman at 15 - Times of India". indiatimes.com.


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