Mirabai Chanu Biography

Mirabai Chanu is a famous Indian Weightlifter, who was born on Aug 08, 1994 in Nongpok Kakching, Imphal East district, Manipur, India. Find Mirabai Chanu age, husband, net worth, height, weight, education, career, family, images, biography & more updates. Get information about Mirabai Chanu’s all key achievements or accomplishments, including professional and personal life detail.

Personal Profile About Mirabai Chanu

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter. She competes in the 48kg category. She won the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and gold at other world weightlifting championships. She was appointed Additional Superintendent of Police for Sports by the Manipur government in January 2022. She holds the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padma Shri awards.

She grew up in a household with very limited resources. She is the youngest of six siblings who regularly gathered firewood from nearby forests to reduce household costs. The Mirabai Chanu biography shows that she began training seriously in 2008 at the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal, traveling 44 kilometers each day because her home village had no weightlifting facility.

Mirabai Chanu Commonwealth 2026

Mirabai Chanu Commonwealth 2026 gold completed a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals, having also won at Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022. She won the women's 48kg title in Glasgow on July 26. Her total lift of 190kg, made up of an 85kg snatch and a 105kg clean and jerk, set new records for both individual and overall total lifts.

Mirabai Chanu Age

Mirabai Chanu age is 31 Years old. She was born on August 8, 1994, in Nongpok Kakching, a village about 20 kilometers from Imphal East district, Manipur, India. Her family first discovered her strength when she was 12 years old, after she easily carried a heavy bundle of firewood home that her older brother had struggled to lift.

Mirabai Chanu Husband

There is no Mirabai Chanu husband, as she remains unmarried. She has not spoken publicly about being in a relationship. Reports consistently describe her as focused entirely on her weightlifting career and training for upcoming competitions, including the Asian Games.

Mirabai Chanu Weight

Mirabai Chanu weight category is 48 kg, though she competed in the 49 kg division at the Tokyo Olympics before that weight class was discontinued at the Games. She previously competed in the 55kg category at select international events before returning to the 48kg class for the Commonwealth Games. She has said that chicken and milk are essential parts of her vegetarian diet.

Mirabai Chanu Religion

Mirabai Chanu religion draws from both her Meitei ethnic identity and Hindu practice. She was born into a Meitei family in Manipur and has described herself as a follower of Sanamahism, the indigenous Meitei belief system, while also worshipping Hindu gods and goddesses. She prays to both traditions and believes all religions point to the same higher power under different names.