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'''Deepak Lather''' (born 25 March 2000), is an [[India]]n [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] who won the bronze medal in the [[Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 69 kg|men's 69 kg]] weight class at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/result-men-s-69kg-fnl-000100-.htm|title=Weightlifting {{!}} Result Men's 69kg - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|website=results.gc2018.com|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-04-06}}</ref><br />
He is pursuing Business, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6005279-deepak-lather.htm|title=Weightlifting {{!}} Athlete Profile: Deepak LATHER - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|website=results.gc2018.com|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-04-06}}</ref> He is the youngest person to hold an Indian national record in weightlifting. He is a Naib Subedar in Bombay Sappers in the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/farm-boy-to-strong-man/|title=Deepak Lather: Farm boy to strong man|date=2016-01-17|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
His father Bijender Lather was a farmer by profession. Deepak used to work with his father's farmland since childhood. That grooms his strength and made him a natural weightlifter. At the age of 16, in National Championship, he broke the national record in Men's 62&nbsp;kg category.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/field/874682/all-you-want-to-know-about-deepak-lather-indias-18-year-old-weightlifting-medallist|title=All you need to know about Deepak Lather, India’s 18-year-old weightlifting medallist|author=Scroll Staff|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en-US}}</ref> He joined Indian Army through Sports Quota and was initially trained for diving. But after being trained for few months, he was re-trained for weightlifting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ssbtosuccess.com/naib-subedar-deepak-lather/|title=Naib Subedar Deepak Lather - Youngest Weightlifter to Win CWG Medal|last=Team|first=Editorial|date=2018-04-08|work=SSBToSuccess|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6005279-deepak-lather.htm Profile at Gold Coast 2018]<br />
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[[Category:Indian male weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters from Haryana]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
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