| Intro | Indian weightlifter |
| Is |
Athlete Weightlifter |
| From | India |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 2 October 1978, Imphal |
| Age: | 41 years |
Sanamacha Thingbaijani Chanu (born 2 October 1978) is an Indian weightlifter who competed in the women’s 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She originally finished fourth, but tested positive for a banned substance and was disqualified. She had also won three golds at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and was a part of the core team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at New Delhi, during the trials for which, she was tested positive for methylhexanamine; a stimulant commonly used as a nasal decongestant.
She was banned for eight years for her second doping offence.
Major results
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Vancouver, Canada | 53 kg | 77.5 | 80 | 82.5 | 9 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 7 | 190 | 7 | |
| 1999 | Piraeus, Greece | 48 kg | — | 90 | 15 | 0 | — | |||||