Jeremy Lalrinnunga (English: Jeremy Lalrinnunga, born October 26, 2002) is an Indian weightlifting player. Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the men’s 67 kg on the third day of the Commonwealth Games, 2022 held in Birmingham. Captured gold by lifting record weight in the category. In snatch, he lifted 140 kg, setting a new record in the Commonwealth Games. Lifted weight, while in clean and jerk he was 160 kg. With total weight of 300 kg. Set a new record in her category in the Commonwealth Games by lifting weight.
Jeremy Lalrinnunga started his training as a boxer under the guidance of his father at the age of just six. His father was a national level boxer. Later he started practicing weightlifting. He started lifting weights at the age of just 10. After this, Jeremy took training from Vijay Sharma and later he started training at the Army Sports Institute, Pune. In 2016 he started participating in national and international competitions.[1]
Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the men’s 67 kg at the Commonwealth Championships. 305 kg in class. Had lifted weight and won the gold medal. He is the first Indian to win a gold medal in the Youth Olympics. He won the men’s 62 kg at the 2018 Youth Olympics. 274 kg in the competition. (124 kg + 150 kg) weight and won the gold medal. At that time his age was only 15 years. His personal best performance was 306 kg. (140 kg + 166 kg). Jeremy Lalrinnunga, who hails from Mizoram, had failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the fifth medal for India at the Commonwealth Games, 2022. Jeremy Lalrinnunga won his fifth medal in weightlifting. Jeremy won the gold medal in the 67 kg weight category by lifting 300 kg. He lifted 140 kg, creating a Commonwealth record in snatch. In his first attempt he had lifted 136 kg. In the second attempt he improved it further and lifted 140 kg. However, in the third attempt he failed to lift 143 kg. After this, in clean and jerk he lifted 154 kg weight in the first attempt. During this time he got injured, but did not give up and lifted 160 kg weight in the second attempt. In the third attempt he tried to lift 165 kg, but failed and also injured his elbow.[1]
His competition was with Samoa’s Vaipava Nevo. Vaipava won 127 kg in snatch. And 166 kg in clean and jerk. Won silver medal in weight lifting. In his last attempt, he weighed 174 kg in his bid to win gold. Apart from weightlifting, Jeremy likes football and Ronaldo is his favorite player. He looks up to Ronaldo because despite having money and fame, Ronaldo still gives his 100 percent in the game. This is what inspires him about Ronaldo.
