Indian weightlifter (born 2002)
Jeremy Lalrinnunga is an Indian weightlifter from Aizawl, Mizoram.[1] He represented India in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[2] 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).[3][4] It was India's first gold medal in the Youth Olympic Games. Jeremy won silver medal in Asian weightlifting championship.[5] At the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Lalrinnunga finished at 21st rank at the Men's 67 kg event. He won gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in the 67 kg category, with a game record lift of 140 kg in snatch and 160 kg in clean and jerk.[6][7]
Early life
Lalrinnunga was born on October 26, 2002, in Aizawl, Mizoram. In the early 1990s, his father Lalneihtluanga Ralte was well-known on the Mizoram boxing circuit. Jeremy comes from a lowly background because his family circumstances prevented him for a very long time from pursuing his aspirations. His father began working as a labourer on contract with the neighbourhood Public Works Department in an effort to provide for his family (PWD).[8]
Indian army
Lalrinnunga joined the Indian army in May 2019 as a Naib Subedar in the 17th Battalion of the Brigade of the Guards.[9]
Major results
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