Ajay Singh is an Indian weightlifter who has won several medals in national and international weightlifting tournaments. He holds several national weightlifting records and is considered one of the best Indian weightlifters.
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Wiki/Biography
Ajay Singh Shekhawat was born on Thursday, 17 April 1997 (age 25 years; as of 2022) in Khadot village, Chirawa tehsil of Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan, India. His zodiac sign is Aries. He studied from MG Public School, Jhunjhunu till 5th class. He actively played sports because he did not find his studies interesting. He played Kabaddi, athletics and participated in 20 km walk events and occasionally in 600 m races; However, in 2010, when he was inducted into the Army Sports Institute, his trainers recommended him to take up weightlifting after reviewing his body structure and muscular activities.
Ajay Singh’s childhood picture
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Weight (Approx): 80 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Dharampal Singh who is a former soldier. He has 4 brothers and sisters. His elder brother is serving in the Indian Army.
A family photo of Ajay Singh
wife and children
He is unmarried.
relationships/affairs
he is single.
livelihood
He trained at Army Sports Institute, Pune for 2-3 years under Subedar Rajendra and at Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports, Patiala under senior coach Vijay Sharma and assistant coach Pramod Sharma. He participated in various local weightlifting competitions in Jhunjhunu. He competed in the under 69 kg category at the 8th National Youth Weightlifting Tournament in 2012 and finished 5th. In 20165, he participated in the 67th Men’s Senior National Weightlifting Championships held in Jaipur, Rajasthan and came fourth. He competed at the Commonwealth Junior Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and finished 5th at the 18th Asian Games in 2018. At the 2018 IWF World Championships, he came in 26th place and at the 2019 IWF World Championships, he came in 18th place. In 2020, he competed at the 6th International Solidarity Championships and finished fourth. He won gold medals at the 2019 and 2021 Commonwealth Senior Championships. In 2021, he finished 13th at the 2021 IWF World Championships and came fourth at the 22nd Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, UK.
medal
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- 2015: 68th Men’s Senior National Weightlifting Championship held in Patiala, Punjab in 77 kg category
- 2016: Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Bayan Baru, Penang, Malaysia in 77 kg category
- 2017: Junior Commonwealth Championships held in Gold Coast, Australia in 77 kg category
- 2018: 70th Men’s Senior National Weightlifting Championship held at Moodbidri, Mangalore, Karnataka in 77 kg category
Ajay Singh (centre) after winning gold at the 70th Men’s Senior National Weightlifting Championships in 2018
- 2019: Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Apia, Samoa in the 81 kg category
- 2021: Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 81 kg category
- 2021: The 73rd Men’s Senior National Weightlifting Championship in the 81 kg category was held at Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports, Patiala.
Ajay Singh (centre) after winning gold at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships.
- 2022: IWLF Senior National Weightlifting Championship in 81 kg category held at KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- 2023: IWLF Senior National Weightlifting Championships held in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu in 81 kg category
silver
- 2015: Junior Commonwealth Championships held in Apia, Samoa in the 77 kg category
- 2022: 36th National Games held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in 81 kg category
Brass
- 2015: 51st Men’s Junior National Weightlifting Championship was held in Yamunanagar, Haryana in 85 kg category.
- 2017: Asian Junior Championships held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 77 kg category
- 2021: 64th Inter Services Weightlifting Championship 2021 in Pune in 81 kg category
Awards and Honors
- Maharana Pratap Award by Rajasthan State Government in 2017
Ajay Singh received Maharana Pratap Award in 2017
- Awarded by then Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in 2018
- Honored by Army Chief General Manoj Pandey in 2022
Army Chief Manoj Pandey honored Ajay Singh
Facts/General Knowledge
- In December 2019, he was not allowed to board a flight due to a torn passport, following which he returned home from the airport and could not compete in the Olympic Qualifiers weightlifting tournament held in Doha and the subsequent 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
- During the off season, he trains for 1 hour in the morning, trains during the day from 10 am to 1 pm and does technical training from 4 pm to 7 pm.
- He likes to watch South Indian action movies in his free time and Ravi Teja is his favorite South Indian actor.
- In 2020, he suffered injuries to the lateral muscle of the shoulder and biceps, which he feared could end his career; However, he was treated by Dr. Ajit Mahapari in Pune and after two to three months of rehabilitation, his performance returned within 6 months after training under coach Iqbal Singh.
- In 2015, he was commissioned as a Havildar in the 21 Rajputana Rifles Battalion by the Indian Army. He also received employment offers from Rajasthan Police, Indian Railways and Bank of India; However, his desire was to serve in the army and he chose the Indian Army. At the age of 22, he was promoted as Naib Subedar.
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- Because of his immense strength his friends and trainers call him Horsepower.
- He could not attend his elder sister Bharti Kanwar’s event on 6 December 2021 as he had to participate in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He promised to bring the gold medal to his sister and later won the medal in the tournament.
- He is the national record holder for snatch, clean and jerk and total weight lifted in 81 kg category.
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