Karnam Malleswari
Indian weightlifter (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karnam Malleswari (born 1 June 1975) is a retired Indian weightlifter. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics in 2000. In 1994, she received the Arjuna Award and in 1999, she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour, and the civilian Padma Shri award.
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Born | (1975-06-01) 1 June 1975 (age 49) Voosavanipeta, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Leonid Taranenko[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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