Jeremy Lalrinnunga

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Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Jeremy Lalrinnunga of India after winning the gold medal during Boys' 62kg category weightlifting at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
Personal information
Born26 Oct 2002 (2002-10-26) (age 21)
Aizawl, Mizoram, India
OccupationWeightlifter
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's Weightlifter
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Boys' 62kg category

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

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

  1. ^ Siwach, Vinay. "India's first Youth Olympics gold medallist Lalrinnunga on why he chose weightlifting". scroll.in.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting: Turkey wins silver in Youth Olympics". Anadolu Agency. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Youth Olympics: Mizo boy Jeremy Lalrinnunga is Ironman at 15 - Times of India". indiatimes.com.