Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifter) Wiki, Career, Achievements and more.

Mirabai Chanu is an Indian Weightlifter. She came to limelight after she won silver medal in Olympics 2020 in Women’s 49 kg weightlifting. She has also been honoured with many other awards. To know more about her, read till the end.

Early Life and Education

Mirabai Chanu was born on 8 August 1984. Her birthplace is Nongpok Kakching, Imphal East, Manipur, India. Her zodiac sign is Leo. She is 28 years old (as of 2022). She completed her primary and secondary education from her village only.

Bio of Mirabai Chanu

Family details

Career

Mirabai used to go to mountains to pick wood with her brother due to her poor financial conditions. Later she realised her strength and started practicing for Weightlifting. Her major breakthrough came when she participated in Glasgow edition of the Commonwealth Games. In this, she won the silver medal in the 48 kg weight category. In 2016, she appeared in Rio Olympics but didn’t win.

At the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Mirabai lifted a total of 201 kg and came at fourth position. Again, in 2020, she lifted 203 kg in the 49 kg category to win the gold medal at the 2020 Senior National Weightlifting Championships.

In 2020 Summer Olympics, shw won the silver medal in 49 kg division in Tokyo with a total lift of 202 kg. She became the first Indian weightlifter to win silver at the Olympics. Her win marked India’s first medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Afterwards, the Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh announced an award of 1 crore for her.

Recently, in 2022, Chanu won gold medal in 49 kg category at Commonwealth Games held at Birmingham, England. She lifted a total of 201 kg in snatch and clean and jerk.

Awards and Achievements

• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, highest sporting honour of India (2018).
• Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India (2018).

Net worth

The net worth of Mirabai is estimated to be about 0.8 million approx (as of 2022). The primary source of her income comes from playing games and other promotional activities.

Some exciting facts about Mirabai

• Mirabai Chanu was born and brought up in Imphal, Manipal.
• Her idol is Kunjarani Devi who is a national weightlifting player.
• She won her first ever competitive gold medal of her career at the age of 11 in a local weightlifting contest.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (@mirabai_chanu)

• On Instagram she is followed by 825k people.
• In 2021, she was appointed as the brand ambassador of the North Eastern Re Organising Cultural Association FC.
• On 15 January 2022, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh appointed her as a Additional Superintendent of Police (sports) during a state level facilitation function in Imphal.

FAQs

Also read – Shivani Rangole Kulkarni