Nationality Indian Name Sathish Sivalingam Event(s) 77 kg | Role Weightlifter | |
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2014) Awards Arjuna Award for Weightlifting | ||
Exclusive will win more medals for my nation weightlifter sathish sivalingam expresses delight
Sathish Sivalingam (born 23 June 1992) is an Indian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the men's 77 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland.
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- Exclusive will win more medals for my nation weightlifter sathish sivalingam expresses delight
- Rio olympics weightlifter sathish sivalingam aims to achieve father s dream thanthi tv
- Early life
- Career
- References
Rio olympics weightlifter sathish sivalingam aims to achieve father s dream thanthi tv
Early life
Sathish born in Sathuvachari, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India to Sivalingam and Deivanai. His father Sivalingam an ex-serviceman who won gold medals at national level and now works as a security guard at VIT University, Vellore. Sathish did his schooling in Government Higher Secondary School, Sathuvachari. He works as a clerk in Southern Railways, Chennai.
Career
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Sivalingam won the gold medal in the 77 kg category, with 149 kg snatch, and 179 kg clean and jerk lifts, totalling 328 kg. His lift of 149 kg in the snatch, set a new games record.
Sathish qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the Men's 77 kg category, where he finished 11th in the field of 14 lifters.