Popy Hazarika Explained

Popy Hazarika
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:8 December 1998
Birth Place:Sibsagar, Assam, India[1]
Height:1.64m (05.38feet) (2022)
Weight:57kg (126lb) (2022)
Sport:Weightlifting
Event:59 kg
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Popy Hazarika (born 8 December 1998) is an Indian weightlifter.[2] She won a Silver medal at 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent.[3] In July 2022 she placed Seventh in the women's 59 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[4] She works in the Indian Railway.[5]

In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 59 kg category at the 2023 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held at Noida.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Commonwealth Games 2022 squad: Full list of athletes in Indian weightlifting team . 5 August 2022 . Sportstar . 18 July 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: Weightlifter profile . 4 August 2022 . IWF.
  3. Web site: 14 December 2021. Popy wins silver medal in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship . 2022-08-05 . The Sentinel . en.
  4. Web site: Weightlifter Popy Hazarika finishes seventh . 2022-08-05 . The Times of India . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-07-21 . Working as farm hand and cook, single mother of four daughters raises champion weightlifter . 2022-08-05 . The Indian Express . en.
  6. News: Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023: India finish with 20 medals - full list of winners . olympics.com . 16 July 2023 . 18 December 2023.

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