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53: 130:, and improved it in her next attempt to bring it up to 90 kg. Her national record is 93 for snatch, 119 for clean jerk and 209 for total. She dedicated her gold medal to the people of India and to the Indian Weightlifting Federation, saying that her win would help the Federation to recover from their recent setbacks. She expressed her pride and the significance of her achievements for someone hailing from a financially troubled background, and described her medal as a token of acknowledgement for the efforts her family, and coaches put in for her training. 496: 623: 584: 562: 618: 540: 518: 52: 121:
employee set a new Games snatch record with a lift of 90 kg in her final attempt. Renu added 107 kg to her snatch record to total 197 to win the gold medal for the second successive time. She heaved 88 kg and broke the prior record held by
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She was unable to participate in the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow due to health related issues.
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In 2014, she was felicitated jointly by the Assam Weightlifting Association (AWA) and the Assam Olympic Association (AOA). She won the
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Renubala hails from Manipur but represents Assam, and was the third athlete from the former to have won a medal, after
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Renu Bala's career kicked off when she was selected for training during a 'talent hunt' camp of
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This biographical article relating to weightlifting in India is a
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presenting the Arjuna Award for 2014 to Yumanam Renu Bala Chanu
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She succeeded in defending her gold medal again at the
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Index

Meitei
family name
Chanu
name suffix

Pranab Mukherjee
weightlifter
Imphal
Manipur
2006 Commonwealth Games
Sports Authority of India
Soniya Chanu
Sandhaya Rani Devi
2010 Commonwealth Games
Delhi
Northeast Frontier Railway
Maryse Turcotte
2002 Games
Arjuna Award
"Talented weightlifter Renu Bala achieves her gold - Indian Express"
"M2006 > Schedule and Results > Weightlifting"
"Talented weightlifter Renu Bala achieves her gold - Indian Express"
"The Assam Tribune Online"
"I've toiled hard for this gold medal: Renu Bala"
"The Assam Tribune Online"
"Renu Bala clinches weightlifting gold"
ISSN
0971-751X
"Courage as a badge of honour"
"The Assam Tribune Online"

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