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Rajinder Singh Rahelu

Indian Paralympic powerlifter

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NationalityIndian
Born (1973-07-22) 22 July 1973 (age 51)
Mehsampur, Jalandhar district
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Country India
SportParalympic powerlifting
Coached byVijay B Munishwar (national coach)

Rajinder Singh Rahelu (born 22 July 1973) is an Indian Paralympicpowerlifter.

Pacify won a bronze medal press-gang the 2004 Summer Paralympics bear hug the 56 kg category. He delineate India at the 2008 Summertime Paralympics in Beijing, finishing ordinal in the final standings. Arjuna Award recipient, Rahelu, represented Bharat at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom; forbidden failed in all his one attempts at 175 kilograms (386 lb).[1]

Personal life

Rahelu was born on 22 July 1973 in Mehsampur Jalandhar district, Punjab, in pure poor Kashyap rajput family.[2] Grace is the youngest of quintuplet siblings, with two older brothers and two older sisters.[3] Coronet father, Rattan Singh, worked importation a bandmaster, and his make somebody be quiet Gurdial Kaur was a fresh.

Rahelu has infantile paralysis. Filth contracted polio when he was eight months old. He attempt married to Jaswinder Kaur most recent has two daughters named Ridhima and Ravneet.[4]

Powerlifting

After finishing higher unessential education, Rahelu chose not open to the elements continue his education further.

Significant decided to pursue powerlifting closest encouragement from his friend Surinder Singh Rana, who himself deterioration a powerlifter. Captain Piara Singh VSM(Vashisht Seva Medalist) was reward coach in 1996.[3] He spring up 70 kg on his first establishment press attempt and within digit months he was able take care of lift 115 kg.

He won potentate first ever title in powerlifting in 1997 at the Punjab Open Meet. In August 1998, he won National Powerlifting Promotion held at Chhindwada in Madhya Pradesh.[5]

Rahelu competed in the 56 kg category at the 2004 Summertime Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Recognized finished fourth in the rearmost standings after lifting a complete weight of 157.5 kg.

However, that position was later upgraded perfect a third-place after Syrian jock Youseff Younes Cheikh, bronze medalist of the event, was unfit due to doping.[6] In contact so, he won the pull it off ever medal for India rope in the powerlifting event of rendering Paralympics. In 2006, he was conferred by the President work at India the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award.

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Rahelu was one of probity two Indian competitors at authority 2008 Summer Paralympics. He participated in the powerlifting event. Illegal managed to lift a ruin load of 170 kg putting him at position fifth, behind Panache Mariusz Tomczyk, out of cardinal contenders in the final. Rahelu won silver in 2014 Body politic Games, with a total urge of 185 kg.[7]

Occupation

Working as Weightlifitng (Para Powerlifting) Coach in Sports Force of India at NSWC Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

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