Sathish Sivalingam

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| birth_name = Satish Kumar Sivalingam{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=sivalingam-sathish-kumar-1992-06-23&id=5415|title = Athletes / Bios}}

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Sathish Sivalingam (born 23 June 1992) is an Indian weightlifter who won gold medals in the men's 77 kg weight class at both the 2014 and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid athlete mentorship programme.

Early life

Sathish was born in Sathuvachari, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India to Sivalingam and Deivanai. His father Sivalingam an ex-serviceman who won gold medals at national level and now works as a security guard at VIT University, Vellore.{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Vellore-Lad-Follows-Dad%E2%80%99s-Lead-Keeps-Up-Pride-of-Family/2014/07/29/article2353616.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814143551/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Vellore-Lad-Follows-Dad%E2%80%99s-Lead-Keeps-Up-Pride-of-Family/2014/07/29/article2353616.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 August 2014 | title=Vellore Lad Follows Dad's Lead, Keeps Up Pride of Family | work=The New Indian Express | date=29 July 2014 | accessdate=29 July 2014}} Sathish did his schooling in Government Higher Secondary School, Sathuvachari. He works as a clerk in Southern Railways Chennai.{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tournaments/commonwealth-games-2014/india-at-glasgow/Winning-CWG-gold-is-lifes-turning-point-Satish-Kumar-Sivalingam/articleshow/39181882.cms | title=Winning CWG gold is life's turning point: Satish Kumar Sivalingam | work=Times of India | date=28 July 2014 | accessdate=29 July 2014}}

Career

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he won gold medal in 77 kg category. He lifted 144 kg in snatch games record and 173 kg in clean and jerk.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/commonwealth-games-2018-weightlifter-sathish-sivalingam-lands-indias-third-gold-medal/articleshow/63651974.cms |title=Commonwealth Games 2018: Weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam lands India's third gold medal |newspaper=Times of India |date=7 April 2018 |accessdate=7 April 2018}}

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Sivalingam won the gold medal in the men's 77 kg, with 149 kg snatch, and 179 kg clean and jerk lifts, totalling 328 kg. His lift of 149 kg in the snatch, set a new games record.{{cite news |title= Glasgow 2014: Jack Oliver and Sarah Davies miss out on medals |url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28513744 |publisher= BBC |date= 27 July 2014 |accessdate= 28 July 2014}}

Sathish qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the Men's 77 kg category, where he finished 11th in the field of 14 lifters.{{cite magazine|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Sathish Sivalingam finishes 11th, Indian weightlifters end campaign|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/rio-olympics-2016-sathish-sivalingam-finishes-11th-indian-weightlifters-end-campaign-2948534.html|accessdate=11 August 2016|magazine=First Post|date=11 August 2016}}