Karnam Malleswari, who hails from a small village, brought laurels to the country by winning the 2000 Sydney Olympics medal. This was the first time a woman brought an Olympic medal to India. Earlier, no woman had won a medal in the Olympics. Karnam Malleswari is the first woman to win a medal for India.
He was born in June 1975 in Sri Kakulam, a small village in Andhra Pradesh. Born in a small village in Andhra Pradesh, Karnam Malleswari started her career at the Junior Lifting Championships and won the number one position there. Then he also won 3 silver medals in the Asian Championship in 1992. Her biggest success came when she won the bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and with this medal she became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
He started his training from the young age of 12 and it was because of his passion that he gave the country the Olympic bronze medal. Our country is proud of him. He had won many medals before winning the Olympic medal. The Olympic victory made him an icon. Prior to this he won gold medals at the 1994 World Championships in Istanbul, the 1995 Asian Weight Lifting Championships. In the same year, he won gold at the World Championships in China. Even before his Olympic victory, he had won 29 international medals.
Awarded -
He was given the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratan Award in 1995.
The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in the year 1999, in the same year he also received the Arjuna Award.
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