Achinta Sheuli (born 24 November 2001) is an Indian weightlifter who competes in the 73 kg weight class.[1]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he set a Games record of 313 kg and won gold.[2][3] He lifted 143 kg in snatch (Games Record & equal to his previous personal best) and 170 kg in clean & jerk.[4]
He won the silver medal at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships[5] and is a two-time Commonwealth Championships gold medalist.[6]
Early life
Sheuli was born in a lower middle class Bengali family at Deulpur, Panchla in Howrah district.[7] He studied in Deulpur High School. He started weightlifting in 2011.[8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11]
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.[12][13]
Awards
- The Times of India TOISA Weightlifter of the Year: 2021[14]
References
- ↑ Who is Achinta Sheuli? Weightlifter who won India's third gold medal at Commonwealth Games 2022. Jagranjosh.com(2022-08-01). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ↑ Birmingham 2022 Results. results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ↑ Achinta Sheuli wins gold in 73kg weightlifting in Commonwealth Games 2022. Sportstar(1 August 2022). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ↑ CWG 2022: Achinta Sheuli wins gold in men's 73kg weightlifting. ESPN.in(31 July 2022). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ↑ Achinta Sheuli wins silver at World Junior Weightlifting Championships. Sportstar(26 May 2021). Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ↑ Achinta Sheuli stitches a new life on the weightlifting platform. The Indian Express(6 September 2019). Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ↑ The family was running on 500 rupees, earned by my mother! Achinta said after winning the gold. The Hindustan Gazette(2022-08-01). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ↑ Zari needle to barbell, how CWG champ Achinta Sheuli lifted himself up. ESPN.in(August 2022). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ↑ Meet Achinta Sheuli, Kolkata weightlifter who smashed CWG record to win GOLD. Zee News. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ↑ Zari needle to barbell, how CWG champ Achinta Sheuli lifted himself up. ESPN.in(August 2022). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ↑ Zari needle to barbell, how CWG champ Achinta Sheuli lifted himself up. ESPN.in(August 2022). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ↑ Exclusive: বাবার শেষকৃত্য করেছিলেন ধার করে, ধান বয়ে মিলত ঘুগনি-ডিম, হাওড়ার অচিন্ত্যর রূপকথা, সরকার, সন্দীপ. bengali.abplive.com(2022-08-01). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ↑ Underweight once, Achinta Sheuli does heavy lifting to extend India's golden run at Commonwealth Games weightlifting. The Indian Express(2022-08-01). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ↑ TOISA 2021: Neeraj Chopra headlines the list of winners. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India(14 October 2021). Retrieved 26 October 2022.