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'''Katulu Ravi Kumar''' (born 24 April 1988) is an [[India]]n weightlifter from [[Odisha]]. At the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], he won a gold medal in the [[Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 69 kg|Men's {{convert|69|kg|0|abbr=on}} weightlifting category]].<ref>S. Sabanayakan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108045257/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/07/stories/2010100764852000.htm Ravi Kumar, Renu Bala win India's first golds].</ref><br />
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K. Ravi Kumar hails from [[Berhampur]] in [[Odisha]]. He started weightlifting at the Veer Hanuman Club in the city. K. Ravi Kumar was originally a bodybuilder for 7 years before he took up weightlifting. However, after his trainer Narayan Sahu's counsel he changed his attention towards weightlifting, which at last made him an outstanding performer. He took up weightlifting just three years before the 2010 [[Commonwealth games]], and won with a record total of {{convert|321|kg|0|abbr=on}}.<br />
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K. Ravi Kumar won many State, National, and International awards in this short span of time. He won 3 gold medals in 2009 [[Commonwealth Games]] held at Penang, [[Malaysia]].{{Clarify|reason=I suspect this is the Weightlifting Commonwealths, but I don't know|date=July 2017}} Then in 2010, he won 3 gold medals at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games. He lifted {{convert|147|kg|0|abbr=on}} in the [[Snatch (weightlifting)|Snatch]] and {{convert|175|kg|0|abbr=on}} in the [[Clean and Jerk]] for a total of {{convert|321|kg|0|abbr=on}} in the 69&nbsp;kg weightlifting category. In 2011, he won 3 bronze medals in senior weightlifting championship at Tongling, China. He also won 3 gold medals in senior weightlifting championship held at Bangalore. K. Ravi Kumar now works with [[Indian Army]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101024081909/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Record-breaker-Ravi-Kumar-grabs-11th-gold-for-India/Article1-609235.aspx Record-breaker Ravi Kumar grabs 11th gold for India. 6 October 2010.]<br>Recently he was conferreed with the [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna]] award by Smt. Pratibha Patil, the Hon'ble President of India. {{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref><br />
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He competed for India at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/ravi-kumar-katulu-1.html|title=Ravi Kumar Katulu Bio, Stats, and Results|last=|first=|date=|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/ravi-kumar-katulu-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> and won a silver at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in the 69&nbsp;kg division. His lifts were 142&nbsp;kg in the snatch and 17h kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 317&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_WLM077A01.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Men's 77kg Group A|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|language=es|access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref> He came in second to fellow Indian weightlifter [[Sathish Sivalingam]], who set a new Games record to win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_WLM077A01.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Men's 77kg Group A|last=|first=|date=|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|language=en|access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian male weightlifters]]<br />
[[Category:1988 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters of India]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters from Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]<br />
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