Name Yumnam Chanu | ||
 | ||
Awards Arjuna Award for Weightlifting Similar Karnam Malleswari, Kunjarani Devi, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | ||
Renu Bala Chanu Yumnam wins Weightlifting Gold at Commonwealth 2010
Yumnam Renu Bala Chanu (born 2 October 1986) is an Indian Woman Weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the Women's 58 kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She defended her gold medal again at the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Delhi. The 24-year-old Guwahati-based Northeast Frontier Railway employee set a new Games snatch record with a lift of 90 kg in her final attempt. Renu added 107 kg to her snatch record to total 197 to win the gold medal for the second successive time.
She won the Arjuna Award in 2014.
References
Renu Bala Chanu Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA