Punam Yadav

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|native_name = पूनम यादव

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|nationality = Indian

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|birth_place = Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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|sport = Weightlifting

|event = 63 kg

|universityteam = Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi

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Punam Yadav (born 9 July 1995) is an Indian weightlifter who won Bronze medal in the women's 63 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, where the gold medal was won by Olauwatoyin Adesanmi of Nigeria.{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/weightlifting/wlw063a01/womens_63kg_group_a.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729135605/http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/weightlifting/wlw063a01/womens_63kg_group_a.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 July 2014|title=Glasgow 2014 - Women's 63kg Group A|publisher=results.glasgow2014.com|access-date=2014-07-29}} She also won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Early life

The daughter of a small farmer Punam grew up lending a helping hand to her parents in a Benaras village. After three years of intense training to become an international weightlifter, when Punam finally got a chance to represent India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, her parents lacked the fund to support her. So her father sold their family buffalo to fund Punam’s trip.{{cite news|date=2018-04-10|title=Her Farmer Father Sold Their Buffalo So Punam Yadav Could Win Gold For India|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/137328/cwg-2018-gold-punam-yadav/|last=Aranha|first=Jovita|access-date=2024-09-06}} With her devotion and extreme efforts reached the height of success in such state like uttar pradesh where sports as a carrier is imissible in this scenario being a girl of obc taking a carrier as future aspect was very much challenging.

She also joined Bhu Kashi Vidhya Peeth for her under graduate courses.

Yash Bharti Award

Punam was given Yash Bharati award by Government of Uttar Pradesh in 2015 for weightlifting.{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-12063610.html|date=2015-02-09|title=यश भारती सम्मान से 56 हस्तियां अलंकृत 12063610|website=jagran.com|lang=hi|access-date=2024-09-06}}

Career

She won the gold medal by lifting a total of 222 kg: 100 kg in Snatch and 122 kg in Clean and jerk in 2018 Commonwealth Games in women's 69 kg division.

She had won bronze medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games by lifting a total weight of 202 kg, 88 kg in snatch and 114 kg in Clean and jerk.{{cite journal|date=2014-07-22|title=Weightlifting Start List Package|url=http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/07/CG2014_Startlist_Package_v1.0.pdf|website=www.iwf.net/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726190041/http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/07/CG2014_Startlist_Package_v1.0.pdf|archive-date=2014-07-26|url-status=dead}} She went for undergraduate course at varanasi kashi vidhya peeth.

References

External links

{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140720004707/http://results.glasgow2014.com/ List of Medal winners at Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014]}}
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{{Footer Commonwealth Games Champions Weightlifting Women Light Heavyweight}}

Category:1994 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Varanasi

Category:Indian female weightlifters

Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games competitors for India

Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Category:Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India