MIRABAI CHANU SAIKHOM Weightlifting Date of Birth: 8 Aug 1994 Age: 26 Gender: Female Place of birth: IMPHAL Birth Country: India Place of residence : MANIPUR Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter who was born on August 8, 1994. She took silver in the Women's 49 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics . Mirabai Chanu has won numerous World Championships and Commonwealth Games medals. The Indian government honoured her with the Padma Shri award for her services to sports. In 2018, the Government of India presented her with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. Chanu had won silver in the women's 48 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and then went on to win gold in the 2018 iteration of the event in Gold Coast, breaking the games record in the process. Her greatest success before to the 2020 Summer Olympics occurred in 2017, when she won the gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championshi...