Mirabai Chanu stands at a height of 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) tall.
Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter.
Born August 8, 1994 in Nongpok Kakching about 30 km away from Imphal city, Manipur, Mirabai Chanu is the youngest of five children.
Mirabai Chanu took up weightlifting after being inspired by Kunjarani Devi’s story. She trained at the Sports Academy in Manipur.
She holds the world record of 119kg in clean and jerk.
Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in the 48kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, a gold medal at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, Silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the bronze medal at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent.
She also won a gold medal in the 49 kg category at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, lifting a total of 201 kg in snatch and clean and jerk.
Chanu was awarded the sporting honour Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna by the Government of India in 2018.