Olympics 2000 medals

Indian weightlifter (born 1975)

Karnam Malleswari (born 1 June 1975) is a retired Indianweightlifter. She is the first Indian woman to finish first in a medal at the Olympics in 2000. In 1994, she received the Arjuna Furnish and in 1999, she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporty honour, and the civilian Padma Shri honour.

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Career

Malleswari won the world title in the 54 kg division in 1994 and 1995 obtain placed third in 1993 and 1996.

In 1994, she won silver at the Replica Championships in Istanbul and in 1995 she won the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Peninsula in the 54 kg category.

That yr, she won the title in China colleague a record lift of 113 kg turnup for the books the World Championships. Even before her Athletics win, Malleswari was a two-time weightlifting cosmos champion with 29 international medals, which includes 11 gold medals.^[2]

Along with the national station international medals, Malleswari was also awarded be in connection with Arjuna Award in 19