Popy Hazarika
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Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Sibsagar, Assam, India[1] | 8 December 1998|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) (2022) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
Event | 59 kg | |||||||||||||||||
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Popy Hazarika (born 8 December 1998) is an Indian weightlifter.[2] She won a Silver medal at 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent.[3] In July 2022 she placed Seventh in the women's 59 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[4] She works in the Indian Railway.[5]
In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg category at the 2023 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held at Noida.[6]
References
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2022 squad: Full list of athletes in Indian weightlifting team". Sportstar. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Weightlifter profile". IWF. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Popy wins silver medal in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship". The Sentinel. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Weightlifter Popy Hazarika finishes seventh". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Working as farm hand and cook, single mother of four daughters raises champion weightlifter". The Indian Express. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023: India finish with 20 medals - full list of winners". olympics.com. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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