and other ministers and officials felicitating Tokyo Olympics Silver Medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and her coach Vijay Sharma in New Delhi on July 26, 2021. Chanu's first major breakthrough came at the
Glasgow edition of the Commonwealth Games; she won the silver medal in the 48 kg weight category.
2016 Rio Olympics Chanu qualified for the
2016 Rio Olympics in the
women's 48 kg category. However, she failed to complete the event, owing to no successful lifts in any of her three attempts in the clean & jerk section.
2017–2021 In 2017, she won the gold medal in the Women's 48 kg category by lifting a competition record 194 kg in total (85 kg snatch and 109 kg clean & jerk) in the
2017 World Weightlifting Championships held at
Anaheim, California, United States. Chanu lifted a total of 196 kg, 86 kg in Snatch, and 110 kg in Clean and Jerk to win the first gold medal for India in the
2018 Commonwealth Games. En route to the medal, she broke the game's record for her weight category; the effort also marked her personal best performance. She missed out on a bronze medal in the 49 kg category at
2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships with a total lift of 199 kg, her personal best, as her Snatch weight was lower than the third-place athlete, both of whom had identical totals. At the
2019 World Weightlifting Championships, Mirabai lifted a total of 201 kg (87 kg Snatch and 114 kg Clean & Jerk) to finish fourth. This personal best total also created a new national record in the 49 kg category. She broke her personal record again four months later when she lifted 203 kg (88 kg in Snatch and 115 kg in Clean & Jerk,) in the 49 kg category to win the gold medal at the 2020 Senior National Weightlifting Championships. In April 2021, she won the bronze medal at the
2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent where she lifted 86 kg in snatch and then created the
world record by lifting 119 kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 205 kg. In June 2021, Chanu became the only Indian woman weightlifter to qualify for the
2020 Summer Olympics 2020 Tokyo Olympics Chanu won the silver medal in
49 kg division at the
2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a total lift of 202 kg, Her win ensured India its first medal at the
Tokyo Olympics. Aftermath of Tokyo Olympic
Manipur Chief Minister
N. Biren Singh announced an award of 1 crore for her. Indian Railway Minister
Ashwini Vaishnaw announced an award of ₹2 crores, promotion, and more for her. Domino's Pizza India also offered her free pizza for life.
2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games Chanu won gold medal in 49 kg category at Commonwealth Games 2022 held at Birmingham, England. She lifted a total of 201 kg in snatch and cleaned and jerk.
2022 Asian Games Chanu competed in the
49kg weightlifting event at the
2022 Asian Games. She finished in 4th position with a total lift of 191 kg—83 kg in Snatch and 108 kg in Clean and Jerk. During her final attempt at 117 kg in Clean and Jerk, she suffered a thigh injury and was unable to complete the lift, missing out on a potential bronze medal.
2024 Paris Olympics Mirabai Chanu competed in the women's 49kg weightlifting event at the
Paris 2024 Olympics. She finished at 4th position in Women's 49kg Weightlifting event by lifting 88Kg in Snatch and 111Kg in Clean and Jerk. Her total of 199Kg was 1Kg short of the result of Thailand's
Surodchana Khambao who finished as the bronze medalist. ==Achievements==