Tue Aug 16 2022
🎯 MIRABAI CHANU IN NEWS 2021-22 :-
➢ Mirabai Chanu bagged ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award 2021.
➢ Mirabai Chanu has won the gold medal in the 55kg weight category at the Singapore Weightlifting International 2022.
➢ Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal and became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games in the Women’s 49kg category. China’s Zhihui Hou won the gold medal.
➢ Adidas roped Mirabai Chanu for its ‘Stay in Play’ campaign.
➢ Amway India appoints Mirabai Chanu as brand ambassador.
➢ She also won the first gold medal for India in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
➢ Chanu Mirabai's career began with the Glasgow Commonwealth games 2014 where she won the silver medal in the 48 kg category.
➢ In 2017 she won the Gold Medal in the women's category weightlifting in World Weightlifting Championships at Anaheim, USA.
➢ In 2021, she won the bronze medal at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent.