N. Kunjarani Devi

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Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi (born March 1, 1968 in Imphal , Manipur ) is an Indian weightlifter.

Career

Kunjarani comes from Manipur in East India , where she grew up and played the Indian national sport of land hockey at school . Since she was very small and petite, she began lifting weights as a sport in 1985 . Because she enjoyed it very much, she made weightlifting her main sport and by 1989 had reached a level of performance that made it possible to participate in international championships. Since 1989 it has therefore started with great success at the World Championships and Asian Championships. So far, she has won 18 medals at world championships. But she has not yet managed to win a World Cup. In the late 1990s and 2000, the Indian women's national team was coached by former Soviet world-class weightlifter Leonid Taranenko . From this point on, Indian athletes are repeatedly convicted of doping. So did Kunjarani in 2001, who received a six-month ban.

N. Kunjarani Devi is Deputy Commander of a unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Awards

She was honored with the Arjuna Award in 1990 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the KK Birla Sports Award in 1996 .

International success / duel

(WM = World Championship, KG = body weight)

  • 1989, 2nd place , World Championships in Manchester , up to 44 kg body weight, with 132.5 kg, behind Xing Fen, China , 165 kg and in front of Bastiyah Said, Indonesia , 130 kg;
  • 1991, 2nd place , World Championship in Donaueschingen , up to 44 kg body weight, with 142.5 kg, behind Xing Fen, China, 162.5 kg and in front of Sibby Flowers , USA , 140 kg;
  • 1992, 2nd place , World Championships in Varna , up to 48 kg body weight, with 142.5 kg, behind Guan Hong, China, 175 kg and in front of Sibby Flowers, 140.0 kg;
  • 1993, 6th place , World Championships in Melbourne , up to 50 kg body weight, with 160 kg, winner: Liu Xiuhua, China, 187.5 kg ahead of Guan Hong, 177.5 kg;
  • 1994, 2nd place , World Championships in Istanbul , up to 46 kg body weight, with 167.5 kg, behind Yun Yanhung, China, 180 kg and in front of Tsai Huey-Woan, Taiwan , 155 kg;
  • 1995, 2nd place , World Championships in Guangzhou , up to 46 kg body weight, with 175 kg;
  • 1996, 2nd place , World Championships in Warsaw , up to 46 kg body weight, with 157.5 kg, behind Huan Hong, 172.5 kg and in front of Tsai Huey-Woan, 157.5 kg;
  • 1997, 2nd place , World Championships in Chiangmai , up to 46 kg body weight, with 170 kg, behind Ling Liu, China, 175 kg and in front of Sri Indriyani, Indonesia , 170 kg;
  • 1998, 7th place , Asian Games in Bangkok , up to 48 kg body weight, with 165 kg, winner: Liu Xiuhua, China, 187.5 kg ahead of Kay Thi Win, Myanmar , 182.5 kg;
  • 1999, 5th place , World Championships in Athens , up to 48 kg body weight, with 180 kg, winner: Donka Minchewa, Bulgaria, 192.5 kg ahead of Sri Indriyani, 185 kg;
  • 2000, 2nd place , Asian Championship in Osaka , up to 48 kg body weight, with 182.5 kg, behind Niyanagi Kaori, Japan , 185 kg and in front of Udomporn Polsak , Thailand , 165 kg;
  • 2002, 1st place , Commonwealth Games , up to 48 kg body weight, with 167.5 kg, ahead of Karine Turcotte, Canada , 157.5 kg and Ebonette Deigaeruk, NRU, 145 kg;
  • 2002, 6th place , Asian Games in Busan , up to 48 kg body weight, with 182.5 kg, behind Li Zhuo , China, 200 kg and Kay Thi Win, 200 kg;
  • 2003, 5th place , World Championships in Vancouver , up to 48 kg body weight, with 182.5 kg;
  • 2004, 4th place , OS in Athens , up to 48 kg body weight, with 190 kg, winner: Nurcan Taylan , Turkey, 210 kg, ahead of Li Zhuo, 205 kg;
  • 2005, 7th place , World Championships in Doha , up to 48 kg body weight, with 178 kg
  • 2006, 1st place , Commonwealth Games, up to 48 kg body weight, with 166 kg, ahead of Marilou Dozais-Prévost, Canada, 165 kg and Erika Yamasaki, Australia , 153 kg;

Medals in individual disciplines

  • World Cup silver medals: 1989, snatch, 57.5 kg - 1989, push, 75 kg - 1991, snatch, 62.5 kg - 1991, push, 80 kg - 1992, snatch, 65 kg - 1992, push, 77.5 kg - 1994, snatch, 72.5 kg - 1994, push, 95 kg - 1995, snatch, 75 kg - 1995, push, 100 kg - 1996, push, 90 kg - 1997, push, 97.5 kg - 1999, Pushing, 105 kg -
  • World Championship bronze medal: 1996, tear, 67.5 kg -

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personal data
SURNAME Kunjarani Devi, N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kunjarani Devi, Nameirakpam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Imphal , Manipur