Sanamacha Chanu
Personal information
Full nameSanamacha Thingbaijam Chanu
Born (1975-02-01) 1 February 1975
Manipur, India
Weight52.74 kg (116.3 lb)
Sport
Country India
SportWeightlifting
Weight class53 kg
TeamNational team
Updated on 13 September 2016.

Sanamacha Thingbaijam Chanu (born 1 February 1975) is an Indian weightlifter who competed in the women's 53 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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.[1]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
World Championships
2003Canada Vancouver, Canada53 kg77.58082.59102.5107.511071907
1999Greece Piraeus, Greece48 kg757575---909595150---

See also

References

  1. "Weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu caught for doping - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.


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