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{{Short description|Indian weightlifter (born 2001)}}
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| birth_place = [[Deulpur]], [[Howrah district]], [[West Bengal]], India<ref>{{cite news |title=Lifter Achinta mulls state switch |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/lifter-achinta-sheuli-mulls-west-bengal-switch/cid/1742404 |access-date=27 September 2022 |newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India | first=Sayak | last=Banerjee | date=4 February 2020}}</ref>
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{{MedalComp|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 73 kg|73 kg]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2019 Apia]]|73 kg}}
{{MedalGold|[[2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2021 Tashkent]]|73 kg}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships|2021 Tashkent]]|73 kg}}
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'''Achinta Sheuli''' (born 24 November 2001) is an Indian [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] who competes in the 73 kg weight class.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-01 |title=Who is Achinta Sheuli? Weightlifter who won India's third gold medal at Commonwealth Games 2022 |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/achinta-sheuli-weightlifter-wins-indias-third-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-games-2022-1659329862-1 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref>

At the [[Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 73 kg|2022 Commonwealth Games]], he set a Games record of 313 kg and won gold.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birmingham 2022 Results |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=results.birmingham2022.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvaraj |first1=Jonathan |title=Achinta Sheuli wins gold in 73kg weightlifting in Commonwealth Games 2022 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/commonwealth-games/know-your-athlete/achinta-sheuli-wins-cwg-weightlifting-gold-73kg-howrah-west-bengal-birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games/article65708814.ece |access-date=1 August 2022 |work=Sportstar |date=1 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He lifted 143 kg in snatch (Games Record & equal to his previous personal best) and 170 kg in clean & jerk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWG 2022: Achinta Sheuli wins gold in men's 73kg weightlifting |url=https://www.espn.in/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/34324182/cwg-2022-day-3-achinta-sheuli-wins-gold-mens-73kg-weightlifting |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=ESPN.in |date=31 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

He won the silver medal at the [[2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarangi |first1=Y. B. |title=Achinta Sheuli wins silver at World Junior Weightlifting Championships |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/achinta-sheuli-wins-silver-at-world-junior-weightlifting-championships/article34651415.ece |access-date=29 July 2022 |work= Sportstar |date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and is a two-time Commonwealth Championships gold medalist.<ref>{{cite news |title=Achinta Sheuli stitches a new life on the weightlifting platform |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/sheuli-stitches-a-new-life-on-the-weightlifting-platform-5970361/ |access-date=29 July 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=6 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Sheuli was born in a lower middle class [[Bengali people|Bengali family]] at [[Deulpur]], [[Panchla]] in [[Howrah district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-01 |title=The family was running on 500 rupees, earned by my mother! Achinta said after winning the gold |url=https://thehindustangazette.com/latest-news/the-family-was-running-on-500-rupees-earned-by-my-mother-achinta-said-after-winning-the-gold-10688 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=The Hindustan Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> He studied in Deulpur High School. He started weightlifting in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zari needle to barbell, how CWG champ Achinta Sheuli lifted himself up |url=https://www.espn.in/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/34326301/achinta-sheuli-gold-cwg-2022-zari-embroidery-needle-barbell-gold-medal |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=ESPN.in |date=August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> His father Pratik Sheuli was a manual laborer who died in April 2013. His elder brother Alok was also a weightlifter but dropped out to support his career and the family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Achinta Sheuli, Kolkata weightlifter who smashed CWG record to win GOLD |url=https://zeenews.india.com/photos/sports/meet-achinta-sheuli-kolkata-weightlifter-who-smashed-commonwealth-games-record-to-win-gold-in-pics-2491748 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zari needle to barbell, how CWG champ Achinta Sheuli lifted himself up |url=https://www.espn.in/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/34326301/achinta-sheuli-gold-cwg-2022-zari-embroidery-needle-barbell-gold-medal |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=ESPN.in |date=August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Achinta helped his mother and brother in their embroidery work that called for precision, even as he was training for weightlifting that called for power.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zari needle to barbell, how CWG champ Achinta Sheuli lifted himself up |url=https://www.espn.in/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/34326301/achinta-sheuli-gold-cwg-2022-zari-embroidery-needle-barbell-gold-medal |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=ESPN.in |date=August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Sheuli participated in Youth National Games in [[Haryana]] and stood in the third position. He won the Junior National level weightlifting tournament in 2013 for 50kg weight class and got a chance to enter the Army Sports Institute, [[Pune]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=সরকার |first=সন্দীপ |date=2022-08-01 |title=Exclusive: বাবার শেষকৃত্য করেছিলেন ধার করে, ধান বয়ে মিলত ঘুগনি-ডিম, হাওড়ার অচিন্ত্যর রূপকথা |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2022-exclusive-howrah-weightlifter-achintya-sheuli-wins-gold-know-his-unknown-story-908017 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=bengali.abplive.com |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-01 |title=Underweight once, Achinta Sheuli does heavy lifting to extend India's golden run at Commonwealth Games weightlifting |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/commonwealth-games/underweight-once-achinta-sheuli-does-heavy-lifting-to-extend-indias-golden-run-at-commonwealth-games-weightlifting-8062876/ |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==
* ''[[The Times of India]]'' TOISA Weightlifter of the Year: 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toisa-2021-neeraj-chopra-headlines-the-list-of-winners/articleshow/94847901.cms|title=TOISA 2021: Neeraj Chopra headlines the list of winners|date=14 October 2021|access-date=26 October 2022|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026215006/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toisa-2021-neeraj-chopra-headlines-the-list-of-winners/articleshow/94847901.cms|archive-date=26 October 2022|location=New Delhi|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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