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Born | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India | 2 October 1987||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) (2014) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) (2014) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Event | 53 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 30 July 2014 |
Swati Singh (born 2 October 1987) is an Indian weightlifter who won the bronze medal in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. Singh had originally finished fourth but the gold medal winner Chika Amalaha of Nigeria failed a drug test, elevating Singh to bronze medal position. [1] In 2019 she tested positive for Morphine and was banned for two years by the International Weightlifting Federation. [2]