Linthoi Channambam is an Indian judoka who became the first Indian to win a gold medal in any age category at the World Cadet Judo Championships held at the Arena Hotel Hills in Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2022. She defeated Bianca Reis of Brazil in the final. Women’s 57 kg category.
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Wiki/Biography
Linthoi Channambam was born on Sunday, 31 December 2006 (age 15 years; as in 2021) in Mayang Imphal, Manipur. His zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Physical Appearance
Weight (Approx): 55 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Linthoi’s father’s name is Ibohal, who is a fish farmer who also works as a mason. His mother’s name is Guneshwori, who is a part-time tailor and housewife. Linthoi has two sisters.
livelihood
Initially, Linthoi Channambam was very interested in football and boxing and he started playing football and also tried his hand at boxing. Linthoi’s father pushed him to train for judo and he began training for the sport in 2014. In an interview, Linthoi explained the reason behind taking up judo and said,
“I started playing judo as a child because I considered myself a boy, not a girl, and, as a child, I hardly had any friends who were girls. Most of them were boys. I wanted to play a game like judo since childhood. Actually, I also like boxing and football. But there were quite a few judo academies near my hometown. This is what attracted me most towards this sport and my family supported me from the beginning.
In 2014, he enrolled himself at Mayai Lambi Sports Academy, a local training academy in Imphal. In October 2017, to train in a professional set-up, Linthoi began training at Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), a training center in Bellary, Karnataka that trains athletes in five Olympic sports—wrestling, boxing, judo, athletics. Trains. and swimming, and is led by JSW Group. Talking about his training institute, Linthoi said in an interview,
They spotted me and recruited me at the age of 11 and from then on they took utmost care of my diet, my training regime and provided me with all the equipment and facilities I needed to succeed. I will always be grateful to JSW and IIS for everything they have done for me and I hope to repay their faith in me with medals.”
In September 2018, Linthoi participated in the Sub-Junior National Judo Championships in Una, Himachal Pradesh. In November 2021, he participated in the National Sub-Junior and Cadet Judo Championships at Chandigarh University in Chandigarh, Punjab. In December 2021, he competed at the Asia Oceania Cadet and Junior Judo Championships in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2022, Linthoi participated in three championships, the Khelo India Youth Games in Haryana (in June), the Asian Cadet and Junior Judo Championships in Bangkok, Thailand (in July), and the World Cadet Judo Championships in Aleksandrov, Bosnia (in August). .
Linthoi Channambam at the Asian Cadet and Junior Judo Championships in Bangkok, Thailand
First World Championship medal for India! 🇮🇳🥇 Gold for Linthoi!
“I can’t explain how I feel right now but I know I’m very happy with this win” – Linthoi Channambam#judocadets #judo #game #Sarajevo #cadets #judokids pic.twitter.com/2YOFW7Pf3z
– Judo (@judo) 26 August 2022
medal
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- 2018: Sub-Junior National Judo Championship, Una, Himachal Pradesh
- 2021: National Sub-Junior and Cadet Judo Championships, Chandigarh, Punjab
- 2022: Asian Cadet and Junior Judo Championships, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2022: Khelo India Youth Games, Haryana
Linthoi Channambam (left) poses with her gold medal at the Khelo India Youth Games 2022.
- 2022: World Cadet Judo Championship, Zaragoza, Bosnia
Linthoi Channambam (second from left) poses with her gold medal at the World Cadet Judo Championships 2022
Brass
- 2021: Asia Oceania Cadet and Junior Judo Championships, Lebanon, Beirut
Linthoi Channambam (right) poses with her bronze medal at the Asia Oceania Cadet and Junior Judo Championships 2021 in Beirut, Lebanon
Facts/General Knowledge
- In 2017, Linthoi was spotted by Mamuka Kizilashvili, head coach of the judo program at Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), Karnataka, in Telangana. Since 2017, he has received training from his coach Mamuka Kizilashvili, who is from Georgia. Talking about Linthoi in an interview, Mamuka said,
I saw him for the first time in Telangana. I was part of the talent identification development program that unearths talented judokas from across India. When I first saw her, I immediately knew she had what it took to become a world-class athlete, even though she was very young.
- Linthoi’s coach recommended her to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and they started funding her when she was thirteen. In an interview he praised the efforts of Sports Authority of India (SAI) and said,
“SAI has always helped me and supported me in all my endeavours. I am extremely grateful to Mr. Sandeep Pradhan and SAI for their unwavering support. The immense happiness I feel after winning this gold medal can be attributed to him.
- In an interview, Linthoi recalled her childhood memories of beating up boys while growing up in Mayang Imphal, Manipur. He said,
I used to fight with them a lot and even injured some of them. My parents sometimes had to take him to the hospital,”
- Linthoi considers Majlinda Kelmendi, a former judoka and judo coach from Kosovo, as her inspiration. In an interview, Linthoi revealed that she aspires to win a gold medal at the Olympics. He said,
“There is a player there, he is from Kosovo. Majlinda Kelmendi. She is the first athlete from Kosovo to win a gold medal at the Olympics (2016). So, I want to become the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics.”
- In March 2020, when the first lockdown was imposed amid COVID-19, Linthoi was stuck in Akhmeta, Georgia. She was unable to return to India and stayed at the house of Mamuka Kizilashvili (coach) in Georgia for about nine months. In an interview he talked about being away from his family and said,
It was a difficult time for the entire world, as it was for us too. But coach Kizilashvi’s family made sure that I was always happy, even though I was far away from my parents and family,”
- Linthoi is fond of dancing to hip-hop music and gardening.
- In an interview, Linthoi expressed her happiness on winning the gold medal at the World Cadet Judo Championship 2022 and said,
I really don’t have words and can’t explain how I feel right now. All I know is that I am very happy with this win and I hope to continue it.”
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