Who is Achinta Sheuli? 20-year-old weightlifter who won India’s 3rd gold medal at CWG 2022

New Delhi: Indian weightlifter Achinta Sheuli, on Sunday (July 31) clinched a gold medal with a combined lift of 313kg in the men’s 73kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.

Marking a great start, Achinta Sheuli successfully lifted 137kg. Without any glitch, Achinta lifted 140kg in the second attempt of the category. Meanwhile, in his third and final attempt, he successfully lifted 143kg.

About Anchinta Sheuli family background

Anchinta Sheuli, who  won the country its sixth medal at CWG 2022 and its third gold medal at the event hails from a very poor family background, He was forced to stitch and embroider to help  his family with his brother after their father.

Achinta’s father was a laborer in  West Bengal’s Howrah town. After the unfortunate death of his father, Achinta took up weightlifting after being inspired by his brother.

His brother would go to a local gym and train his body.

His education

Achinta Sheuli has done his schooling from  a government school in West Bengal and then started focusing on weightlifting.

Weightlifting career

Achinta Sheuli, in pas 2-3 years have successfully established himself as one of the most talented young weightlifters in the nation. He was the first weightlifters to win the first senior-level international medals at the Commonwealth Championships in the year 2018. In 2021, he won the silver medal in the World Junior Championships in the Men’s category of 73kg.

It was all because of his performances at these championships, Achinta Sheuli was picked up as part of the 12-member Indian weightlifting squad for Birmingham 2022.