Bindyarani Devi is an Indian weightlifter who won a silver medal in the women’s 55 kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) with a total lift of 202 kg with a 86 kg snatch and 116 kg clean and jerk.
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Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam was born on Wednesday, 27 January 1999 (age 23 years; as of 2022), and lives in Langol Ningthau Leekai in Imphal West, Manipur. He started his journey in sports as a taekwondo player and competed in taekwondo competitions from 2008 to 2012. However, he left taekwondo and took up weightlifting in 2013 after recognizing that his short height was ideal for the sport. Like her fellow Manipuri weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who is best known for winning a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Bindyarani also trained at the SAI North Eastern Regional Center in Imphal. After three years, he was selected for training at the National Center of Excellence (NCOE), Takyel, Imphal. Later, at the National Weightlifting Camp in Patiala, he trained under Vijay Sharma. She first participated in weightlifting in the 53 kg category at the 2016 IWLF Youth Nationals (Bhubaneswar).
Physical Appearance
Height: 4′ 9″
Weight: 55 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Bindyarani Devi belongs to a Manipuri family.
parents and siblings
His father Sorokhaibam Rajen Singh is a farmer and runs a grocery shop. His mother, S. Ibemcha Devi, a priest, works as a domestic help in her neighborhood in Imphal. He has two brothers and sisters. His elder brother’s name is Sorokhaibam Suraj Singh.
From left to right, Bindyarani Devi’s father, mother and brother
husband and children
Bindyarani Devi is unmarried. (by 2022)
medal
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- 2016 IWLF Youth Nationals (Bhubaneswar) Total Weight 151 kg (65 kg Snatch + 86 kg Clean & Jerk)
- 2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships (Apia) Total Weight 183 kg (78 kg snatch + 105 kg clean-and-jerk)
- 2019 Khelo India Youth Games Under-21 (Pune) Total weight in 55 kg category 179 kg
- 2021 World Weightlifting Championships (Tashkent) in 55 kg women’s category with 114 kg clean and jerk
- 2021 IWLF Youth, Junior and Senior National Weightlifting Championships (Patiala) in 55 kg category with a total of 185 kg (78 kg snatch + 107 kg clean & jerk)
- 2022 Khelo India Women’s League Competition (Nagrota Bagwan)
silver
- 2016 Commonwealth Junior Championships
- 2019 IWLF Senior National Weightlifting Championships (Visakhapatnam) Total Weight 172 kg
- 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships (Uzbekistan)
- 2022 Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) Women’s 55kg Total Weight 202kg (86kg Snatch + 116kg Clean & Jerk)
Nigeria’s Adijat Adenike Olarinoye (centre), silver medalist Bindyarani Devi Sorokhaibam of India (left) and bronze medalist Friar Morrow of England (right) on the podium at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Brass
- 2018 Senior National (Moodbidri) in 53 kg category with total weight of 178 kg
Facts/General Knowledge
- Due to her similar trajectory to that of fellow Manipuri weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, Bindyarani is often referred to as Mirabai 2.0.
- Although many media houses consider Mirabai Chanu as Bindyarani’s role model, in an interview she revealed that she grew up considering Kunjarani Devi as her role model. Kunjarani Devi, who hails from Imphal, is one of the most celebrated Indian weightlifting athletes. Bindyarani Devi said in an interview,
Although we come from the same state and cities around Imphal, I am not related to Mirabai Chanu. I didn’t follow him in weightlifting. I was inspired by Kunjarani Devi.”
- When Bindyarani Devi first reached the national camp at NIS Patiala in 2019, she did not have a pair of weightlifting shoes. After this, Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu came forward to help him and gifted him training shoes.
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