Sathish Sivalingam (born 23 June 1992) is an Indian

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who won gold medals in the men's 77 kg weight class at both the

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and the

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. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the

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athlete mentorship programme.

Early life

Sathish was born in Sathuvachari, Vellore,

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, India to Sivalingam and Deivanai. His father Sivalingam an ex-serviceman who won gold medals at national level and now works as a security guard at VIT University, Vellore. Sathish did his schooling in Government Higher Secondary School, Sathuvachari. He works as a clerk in Southern Railways Chennai.

Career

At the

he won gold medal in 77 kg category. He lifted 144 kg in snatch games record and 173 kg in clean and jerk. At the

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, Sivalingam won the gold medal in the men's 77 kg, with 149 kg snatch, and 179 kg clean and jerk lifts, totalling 328 kg. His lift of 149 kg in the snatch, set a new games record. Sathish qualified for the

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in the Men's 77 kg category, where he finished 11th in the field of 14 lifters.

Achievements

''Commonwealth Games'' ''Commonwealth Championships''

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* * Living people Indian male weightlifters 1992 births Weightlifters from Tamil Nadu Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic weightlifters for India Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Vellore district Tamil sportspeople Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games weightlifters for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in weightlifting {{India-weightlifting-bio-stub

Early life

Career

Achievements

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