Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Jeremy Lalrinnunga is an Indian weightlifter from Aizawl, Mizoram[1] who represented India in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.
Lalrinnunga at his final and winning attempt
 Jeremy Lalrinnunga of India after winning the gold medal during Boys' 62kg category weightlifting at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 Oct 2002 (age 18) Aizawl, Mizoram, India | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | Weightlifter | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- Siwach, Vinay. "India's first Youth Olympics gold medallist Lalrinnunga on why he chose weightlifting". scroll.in.
- "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- "Weightlifting: Turkey wins silver in Youth Olympics". Anadolu Agency. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- "Youth Olympics: Mizo boy Jeremy Lalrinnunga is Ironman at 15 - Times of India". indiatimes.com.
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