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Birth name | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Berhampur, Odisha, India | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
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Chandra Sekhar Sahu is a former Indian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg event at 1991 South Asian Games. [1]
Sahu hails from Berhampur and was born in a family of weightlifters. His father Rama Chandra Sahu and brother Krushna Chandra Sahu were national level weightlifters. His son Punit Chandra Sahu is a youth-level national weightlifter and is a Khelo India Games medalist. [2] [3]
Sahu represented Odisha, Maharashtra and Railways in National Weightlifting Championships. [4] He won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg category, lifting 127.5 kg in snatch and 162.5 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 290 kg at the 1991 SAF Games held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was also a Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships gold medallist. [5] [6]
He also works as a coach mentoring young weightlifters from across the state for national level competitions. [7]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Chandra Sekhar Sahu | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Berhampur, Odisha, India | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chandra Sekhar Sahu is a former Indian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg event at 1991 South Asian Games. [1]
Sahu hails from Berhampur and was born in a family of weightlifters. His father Rama Chandra Sahu and brother Krushna Chandra Sahu were national level weightlifters. His son Punit Chandra Sahu is a youth-level national weightlifter and is a Khelo India Games medalist. [2] [3]
Sahu represented Odisha, Maharashtra and Railways in National Weightlifting Championships. [4] He won the gold medal in the men's 75 kg category, lifting 127.5 kg in snatch and 162.5 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 290 kg at the 1991 SAF Games held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was also a Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships gold medallist. [5] [6]
He also works as a coach mentoring young weightlifters from across the state for national level competitions. [7]