Bijay Kumar Satpathy

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Bijay Kumar Satpathy is a former Indian weightlifter who won the silver medal in the men's Bantamweight event at 1982 Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web|title=Bijay Kumar Satpathy|url=https://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=NTM2|work=Orisports|access-date=15 November 2023}}{{Cite web|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1982 |url=https://olympic.ind.in/eventdatas/cwg/cwg09_CommonwealthGames1982.html|website=olympic.ind.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129161620/https://olympic.ind.in/eventdatas/cwg/cwg09_CommonwealthGames1982.html |archive-date=29 November 2018}} He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in the year 1981–82 by the Government of India.{{Cite web|title=LIST OF ARJUNA AWARDEES|url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf|website=yas.nic.in|access-date=26 November 2023}}{{Cite web|title=Ravi's Arjuna Award lifts Berhampur's spirits|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/ravis-arjuna-award-lifts-berhampurs-spirits/articleshow/9794038.cms|website=The Times of India|date=30 August 2011}}

Career

Satpathy is a five time national champion in weightlifting from 1977–78 to 1982-83 and represented the Indian Navy and Indian Railways. He won the gold medal at the 1981 Mini Commonwealth Games and later followed up with silver at the 1982 main event at Brisbane. He won the bronze medal at the 1981 and 1983 Asian Weightlifting Championships.{{Cite web|title=Champion weightlifter in dire straits|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/champion-weightlifter-in-dire-straits/article4053306.ece|website=The Hindu|date=1 November 2012|access-date=26 November 2023}}{{Cite web|title=Unsung awardee cries govt neglect|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/unsung-awardee-cries-govt-neglect/cid/351417|website=The Telegraph|date=1 September 2011}}