Popy Hazarika

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Popy Hazarika
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1998-12-08) 8 December 1998 (age 26)
Sibsagar, Assam, India [1]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) (2022)
Weight57 kg (126 lb) (2022)
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Sport Weightlifting
Event59 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Noida 59 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Tashkent 59 kg

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

  1. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2022 squad: Full list of athletes in Indian weightlifting team". Sportstar. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Weightlifter profile". IWF . Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Popy wins silver medal in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship". The Sentinel. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Weightlifter Popy Hazarika finishes seventh". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Working as farm hand and cook, single mother of four daughters raises champion weightlifter". The Indian Express. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "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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