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Harshada Garud
Personal information
Full nameHarshada Sharad Garud
Born (2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 (age 20)
Maharashtra, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportWeightlifting

Medal record

Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manama 45 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 45 kg
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent 45 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tashkent 45 kg

Harshada Garud is a weightlifter from Maharashtra, India. Winning a gold in 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, she became the first Indian to win a gold medal in International Weightlifting Federation's World Juniors Weightlifting Championships.

Biography

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Harshada Garud is born on 8 November 2003, at Vadgaon Maval near Pune, Maharashtra.[1][2] Harshada's father Sharad Garud, is also a weightlifter, who had won weightlifting silver at state school games.[3] She is studying B.A.atSavitribai Phule Pune University.[4]

Weightlifting career

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In 2022, Harshada Garud won gold medal in the World junior weightlifting championships held at Heraklion, Greece.[5] She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in World Juniors Weightlifting Championships.[5] She had also won U-17 girls weightlifting gold medal at the 2020 Khelo India Youth Games and bronze medal at the 2020 Asian junior championships in Tashkent.[6] She also won third rank in 45 kg junior woman category, in IWLF Youth, Junior & Senior National Weightlifting Championships 2021-22 held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ansari, Aarish (5 May 2022). "From lifting rice sacks to a world championship gold - Harshada Garud's amazing story". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  • ^ a b "Junior Women's Medalists" (PDF).
  • ^ "Living her father's dream, Harshada Garud becomes first junior world champ from India in weightlifting". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  • ^ Kotian, Harish. "Weightlifter Harshada India's first Jr World Champion". Rediff. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  • ^ a b Sarangi, Y. B. (2 May 2022). "Harshada Garud wins world junior weightlifting championships gold, India's first in the event". Sportstar. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  • ^ "India's Harshada wins historic junior world weightlifting gold". Hindustan Times. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harshada_Garud&oldid=1186983146"

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