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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian para power lifter (born 1984)}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Kasthuri Rajamani<br />
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|8|23}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| sport = [[Para powerlifting]]<br />
| weight_class = 67 kg<br />
| club = [[Sports Authority of India]]<br />
| coach = G. Vijaya Sarathy<br />
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'''Kasthuri Rajamani''' (born 23 August 1984)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kasthuri Rajamani |url=https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/kasthuri-rajamani_2500986 |access-date=2024-09-06 |work=[[Paris 2024 Paralympics]]}} ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/kasthuri-rajamani_2500986 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/kasthuri-rajamani_2500986 alternate link 2])</ref> is an [[Indian people|Indian]] para power lifter from [[Tamil Nadu]]. She qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Paris]] in the women's 67 kg category. <ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-07 |title=At 39, Kasthuri set for debut at Paralympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/kasthuri-rajamani-qualifies-for-paralympics-debut-at-39/articleshow/111545717.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kasthuri is affected by polio in both her legs in the childhood. She also lost her mother early in life and was raised up by her grandmother. A friend, who is a sport shooter, took her to the boxing academy at a Corporation Ground in [[Nandambakkam|Nungambakkam]], Chennai, for training in powerlifting in December 2018. Later, she was trained by G. Vijaya Sarathy, a senior para coach with Sports Development Authority of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Liffy |date=2024-08-31 |title=Paralympic Games: More power to Kasthuri |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/paralympic-games-more-power-to-kasthuri/article68590988.ece |access-date=2024-09-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2023, she was recruited by [[Sports Authority of India|Sports Authority for India]] for further training.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
She represented India at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Khelo India Para Games: TN's Kasthuri Bags Powerlifting Gold; Manish Hits Bulls Eye In Shooting - Eastern Mirror |url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/khelo-india-para-games-tns-kasthuri-bags-powerlifting-gold-manish-hits-bulls-eye-in-shooting/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=easternmirrornagaland.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and finished 5th in the 67 kg category.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In December 2023, she won a gold medal in the elite 67kg event with a lift of 100kg in her third attempt, at the Khelo [[India]] Para Games powerlifting competition in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Tamil Nadu’s Kasthuri Rajamani bags gold in powerlifting |url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/sports/tamil-nadus-kasthuri-rajamani-bags-gold-in-powerlifting-754454 |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Powerlifter Kasthuri Rajamani Finishes 8th At Paralympic Games &#124; Olympics News |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/paralympic-games-2024/powerlifter-kasthuri-rajamani-finishes-8th-at-paralympic-games-6507192 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-06 |title=Powerlifter Kasthuri Rajamani finishes 8th at Paris Paralympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-paralympics/powerlifter-kasthuri-rajamani-finishes-8th-at-paris-paralympics/articleshow/113135009.cms |access-date=2024-09-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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With a personal best score of 106 kg, she finished 8th in Paris paralympics.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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