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Olympic sport
Weightlifting
From Karnam Malleswari in Sydney 2000 to Mirabai Chanu in Tokyo.
77
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16
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138
Medals
45
Gold
24
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77 athletes
6
medals
Active
Mirabai Chanu
Weightlifting
2014
Devi
6
medals
Past · 1990–2006
Kunjarani Devi
Weightlifting
1990
Chanderasekaran
6
medals
Past · 1990–1994
Raghavan Chanderasekaran
Weightlifting
1990
Rai
5
medals
Past · 1994–1998
Satheesha Rai
Weightlifting
1994
Chanu
3
medals
Past · 2002–2004
Sanamacha Chanu
Weightlifting
2002
Sharma
3
medals
Past · 1990
Paramjit Sharma
Weightlifting
1990
Rangaswamy
3
medals
Past · 1990
Ponnuswamy Rangaswamy
Weightlifting
1990
Pujari
3
medals
Past · 2002
Shailaja Pujari
Weightlifting
2002
Adisekhar
3
medals
Past · 1992–1996
Badathala Adisekhar
Weightlifting
1992
Sharma
3
medals
Past · 1990
Parvesh Chander Sharma
Weightlifting
1990
Mondal
3
medals
Past · 1990
Karnadhar Mondal
Weightlifting
1990
Laxmi
4
medals
Past · 1994–2002
Neelam Setti Laxmi
Weightlifting
1994
2
medals
Past · 2014–2018
Sathish Sivalingam
Weightlifting
2014
Mangaraj
4
medals
Past · 2002
Prasmita Mangaraj
Weightlifting
2002
Chanu
2
medals
Past · 2014–2018
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu
Weightlifting
2014
2
medals
Past · 2006–2010
Yumnam Chanu
Weightlifting
2006
Kumari
2
medals
Past · 2002
Pratima Kumari
Weightlifting
2002
Veerasamy
3
medals
Past · 1994
Murgesan Veerasamy
Weightlifting
1994
2
medals
Past · 2010–2014
Ravi Kumar Katulu
Weightlifting
2010
3
medals
Active
Vikas Thakur
Weightlifting
2014
Dey
2
medals
Past · 2010–2014
Sukhen Dey
Weightlifting
2010
3
medals
Past · 1994–2004
Karanam Malleswari
Weightlifting
1994
Muthu
3
medals
Past · 2000–2002
Thandava Murthy Muthu
Weightlifting
2000
Batta
3
medals
Past · 2002–2006
Vicky Batta
Weightlifting
2002
Govindraj
3
medals
Past · 1990
Velu Govindraj
Weightlifting
1990
2
medals
Past · 2014–2018
Punam Yadav
Weightlifting
2014
Murugesan
3
medals
Past · 1998–2006
Arun Murugesan
Weightlifting
1998
Chitradurga
3
medals
Past · 2002–2010
Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga
Weightlifting
2002
1
medal
Past · 2006–2010
Geeta Rani
Weightlifting
2006
2
medals
Past · 2004–2018
Rajinder Singh Rahelu
Para powerlifting
2004
1
medal
Past · 1978–1980
Ekambaram Karunakaran
Weightlifting
1978
2
medals
Active
Harjinder Kaur
Weightlifting
2022
Sudalaimani
3
medals
Past · 1990
Kumarasan Sudalaimani
Weightlifting
1990
Devi
2
medals
Past · 2006–2010
Monika Devi
Weightlifting
2006
1
medal
Active
Achinta Sheuli
Weightlifting
2022
2
medals
Active
Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam
Weightlifting
2022
2
medals
Active
Gururaja Poojary
Weightlifting
2018
1
medal
Active
Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Weightlifting
2022
2
medals
Active
Lovepreet Singh
Weightlifting
2022
Ragala
1
medal
Past · 2018
Venkat Rahul Ragala
Weightlifting
2018
Maruthachelam
2
medals
Past · 1990
Gopal Maruthachelam
Weightlifting
1990
Chanu
1
medal
Past · 2006–2012
Ngangbam Soniya Chanu
Weightlifting
2006
Yadav
1
medal
Active
Gyaneshwari Yadav
Weightlifting
2026
Rao
1
medal
Past · 1951–1952
Kamineni Eswara Rao
Weightlifting
1951
1
medal
Active
Sanket Sargar
Weightlifting
2022
Babu
1
medal
Active
Ajaya Babu
Weightlifting
2026
Mondal
1
medal
Past · 1974
Anil Mondal
Weightlifting
1974
Satpathy
1
medal
Past · 1982
Bijay Kumar Satpathy
Weightlifting
1982
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