Jeremy Lalrinnunga: Meet India’s 19-year-old ‘golden weightlifter’ from Mizoram

New Delhi: A young 19-year-old Jeremy Lalrinnunga, hailing from the northeastern state of Mizoram created history by clinching India’s first gold in weightlifting in Men’s 67 kg category, in the ongoing Commonwealth games at Birmingham on Sunday.

Apart from nabbing the gold in a highly swinging event, Jeremy further made history by creating a Games record in the Snatch lifting 140 kgs. Not just that, the latter went on to lift 160 kg in clean and jerk in his second attempt, securing the 2nd gold for India in the CWG tournament.

However, despite putting on a stunning show at the renowned sports event, it was a bone-chilling experience to watch Lalrinnunga getting injured during his second attempt in snatch, and continuing the quest in such a state.

Here, we have brought all that you need to know about India’s young gold medallist:

Who is Jeremy Lalrinnunga? 

Lalrinnunga’s father was a known name in the field of boxing in Aizawl in the early 90s, and has five boys including Jeremy.

Jeremy also began practising boxing in his early days like his father, but later fell for weightlifting. The young athlete then went on to create history for the country by nabbing maiden gold in the men’s 62kg category at 2018 Youth Olympics.

Lalrinnunga further holds several other national records include 141 kg (snatch), 167 kg (clean and jerk), a total of 306 kgs in the 67kg category.

Jeremy who comes from Army’s Boys Sports Company won the National championship in Kolkata in 2020, and has been dealing with several knee and back injuries after the Commonwealth Championships in Tashkent last year.