Karnam Malleswari
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| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | 69 kg | |
Karnam Malleswari (born June 1, 1975) is an Indian Weightlifter. She won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, which made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. She is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour for the year 1995-1996. She is also a recipient of the civilian honour Padma Shri in 1999.
[edit] A quote
"People keep asking me why India does not win more medals. It is all easy to talk about this sitting at big desks in air-conditioned rooms. But winning medals is not easy. We go into the field. We get injured. We can't sleep because of the pain. And then ... "
[edit] Further reading
India’s 50 Most Illustrious Women (ISBN 81-88086-19-3) by Indra Gupta
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