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'''Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu''' (born 2 January 1994) is an Indian [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. Born in Kakching Khunou, [[Kakching district]], [[Manipur]], she is a two time [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games Champion]]. Chanu won the gold medals at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]] and the [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]] events in the women's 48 kg and 53 kg weight category respectively. She holds the Commonwealth Games record of 84 kg for the Snatch segment in the latter weight category.

==Background==
She was born to a Hindu [[Meitei people|Meitei]] family.
Sanjita took up the sport weightlifting in 2006 in Manipur. She considers pioneering weightlifter and fellow Manipuri, [[Kunjarani Devi]], her hero.<ref name="cwgprofile">{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/weightlifting/1009112/s_khumukcham.html|title='Sanjita Khumukcham profile'| accessdate=25 July 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== 2014 ===
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu won a gold in [[Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 48 kg|women's 48kg weightlifting]] at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]]; it was India's first medal on the second day of the competition. She started with an attempt at 72 kg and later lifted 77 kg, not dropping any weight in snatch. Chanu took an unassailable lead with a 96 kg lift in the clean and jerk event to secure the gold medal with a total weight of 173 kg.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://m.timesofindia.com/sports/tournaments/2014-commonwealth-games/india-news/Weightlifter-Khumukcham-Sanjita-wins-Indias-first-gold-at-Commonwealth-Games/articleshow/38981620.cms|title=Associated Press|newspaper=The Times of India|quote=Sanjita Chanu wins Gold|date=24 July 2014| accessdate=25 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://m.timesofindia.com/sports/tournaments/2014-commonwealth-games/india-news/Weightlifter-Khumukcham-Sanjita-wins-Indias-first-gold-at-Commonwealth-Games/articleshow/38981620.cms|title= Sanjita Chanu Wins Gold Medal for India In Weightlifting|publisher=India Today|quote=CWG 2014|date=24 July 2014| accessdate=25 July 2014}}</ref> Chanu's total of 173 kg missed the Games record (held by the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medal winner [[Nigeria at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo]]) by two kilograms. However, her 77 kg lift in the snatch segment equalled Nwaokolo's Commonwealth Games record.<ref>{{cite news|title=Glasgow 2014: India bag 7 medals on day 1, Sanjita won gold |url= http://www.patrika.com/news/glasgow-2014-commonwealth-gamesindias-khumukcham-wins-weightlifting-gold/1019724 |accessdate= 25 July 2014 |work=Patrika Group |issue= 25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140728094239/http://www.patrika.com/news/glasgow-2014-commonwealth-gamesindias-khumukcham-wins-weightlifting-gold/1019724|archivedate=28 July 2014}}</ref>

=== 2018 ===
Chanu won her second successive gold medal at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in the [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 edition]] held in [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], Australia. She had moved to a higher weight category of 53 kg and secured the title with a total lift of 192 kg, 10 kg more than second-placed [[Dika Toua]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.gc2018.com/article/khumukcham-claims-another-gold-india |title= Khumukcham claims another gold for India |work= [[Gold Coast Games 2018]] |date= 6 April 2018 |accessdate=6 April 2018}}</ref> En route to her gold medal, she bettered her performance from [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] and broke the Games record for the snatch category with a lift of 84 kg; she lifted a weight of 108 kg in the clean and jerk segment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/india-at-cwg-day-2-sanjita-chanu-wins-weightlifting-gold-deepak-lather-bronze/articleshow/63637897.cms |title= India at CWG, Day 2: Sanjita Chanu wins weightlifting gold, Deepak Lather bronze |work= [[The Times of India]] |date=6 April 2018 |accessdate=6 April 2018}}</ref>

On 30 May, Chanu was provisionally suspended by the IWF after testing positive for testosterone.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iwf.net/2018/05/30/public-disclosure-103/ |title= PUBLIC DISCLOSURE - International Weightlifting Federation |work= [[International Weightlifting Federation]] |date=30 May 2018 |accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref>
In 2020 she was cleared after the charge was dropped.<ref>{{cite web |title=Going to try and get Khel Ratna Award now: Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu after IWF lifts doping ban |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/sanjita-chanu-ban-uplifted-eligble-for-khel-ratna-iwf-wada-happy-but-life-ruined-1687891-2020-06-11 |website=indiatoday.in |access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
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