Popy Hazarika is an Indian weightlifter who has won several weightlifting medals. She competes in the under 59kg category.
Wiki/Biography
Popy Hazarika was born on Tuesday, December 8, 1998 (age 24; as of 2022) in Namti Salkathoni village, Sibsagar, Assam, India. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. She spent her childhood practicing discus and javelin in the village. She once visited a weightlifting camp at Swahid Peoli Phukan College near her village with her friend Dimpy Dutta, where she met coach Duljit Boruah and started practicing weightlifting at his camp.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 60kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her mother’s name is Deepti Hazarika. When she was 10 years old, her father died of electrocution. She has 3 sisters and she is the youngest sister among the siblings.
Bobby Hazarika (right) and her mother Deepti Hazarika
Profession
She started training under coach Duljit Baruah in 2013 and has made significant progress in a short period of time. When she started training she weighed only 35 kilograms, and after a few days she started picking up weights that were almost equal to her body weight. When she won the gold medal at the 2014 regional games, her coach Duljit Baruah said:
“Poppy was of good height at a young age, and because she entered athletics early in life, she didn’t have any difficulty with her pre-training running training. The main problem was a lack of proper diet, which hampered her initial Weight training. We would often donate money to buy supplements for the kids. Even though there was only one group training, she waited until the other kids left before she started training. When she became the regional champion in the 30kg snatch and 40kg clean and jerk, she put her medal away In your pocket, show it to mom first.”
After being selected in the talent search program, she was selected at SAI Training Center in Golaghat and trained under coach Om Prakash Kalyani. She won medals in many weightlifting competitions. Her coach Om Prakash Kalyani talked about her family situation, physical condition and achievements in an interview and said:
“When she became the 48kg state champion, she chose to snatch 50kg and clean and jerk 60kg. Her advantage was her height and the initial speed of lifting the barbell. She is a natural athlete and will do well in running training. Train on her own to build endurance. The only problem I have as a coach is the need to keep motivating her. We know this is very difficult for her family and like any young person she will break down. But then we always There will be talk about the next medal and that is still the case.”
She started training at the national camp in Delhi and won many medals in senior competitions. National team head coach Vijayta Sharma was impressed with her tenacity and dedication. He said of her in an interview:
“Her main advantage is that we don’t have to motivate her. She has struggled so much that she knows she has to work hard. She is underweight for her height because she did not get a proper diet and supplements when she was young. Some. So, our first priority was to get her right weight based on her height. She has explosive speed technically, but we needed to work on her second pull. As she continues her stay at the national camp With more time, I believe she will become more confident and move into a higher weight class that will suit her better based on her height.”
She met her idol Mirabai Chanu at the national training camp and started training with her. She spoke about Mirabai in an interview and said,
“When I first came to training camp, it took me a few days to realize that I had the opportunity to train with someone like Mila Diddy. Seeing her being so involved in practice inspired me and I would carefully Watch her technique.”
She finished 17th in the 59kg category at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and 7th in the 59kg category at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
medal
gold medal
- 2014: District Conference
Popy Hazarika after winning the gold medal at the 2014 regional competition (red and blue)
- 2016: Assam Weightlifting Competition 48kg Category
- 2022: Odisha 59kg Senior Category Competition
Popy Hazarika (red) takes the podium after winning gold at the 2022 Senior Nationals
- 2022: Singapore International Weightlifting Competition 64kg
- 2022: India Khelo Women’s Games, Nagrota, Himachal Pradesh, 59kg
Popy Hazarika performs at India Khelo Women’s Games 2022
- 2023: Greater Noida Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 59kg
silver medal
- 2018: Junior National 59kg Competition in Nagpur
- 2020: Kolkata 59kg Senior Category Competition
- 2021: Patiala 59kg Senior Category Competition
- 2021: Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 59kg
- 2022: 36th Gujarat National Games 59kg
Bobi Hazarika (second from left) stands on the podium after winning the silver medal at the 36th National Games in 2022
Facts/Trivia
- She won the 2022 Northeast Frontier Railway Zone Sports Achievement Award.
- When she first started weight training, she used to train for three hours in the morning and three hours in the evening. There was only one set of equipment for the 12 children, so she waited until others left before training.
- In 2018, she almost gave up weightlifting and joined the Assam Police to support her family. In an interview, she spoke about her desire to give up weightlifting to work in the Assam Police, saying:
“Training kar kar ke thak gayi thi. Bus apni mother ke liye kuch karna chahti thi (I have been very tired from training and I want to do something for my mother). That’s why after my friend Dimpi sat with the coach I seriously considered trying to recruit the Assam Police before I got around and got me thinking about my weightlifting career. I understand that any sport comes with a long wait and if my mom could support the four of us all these years, I couldn’t afford to be halfway Quit lifting weights.”
- Her mother works as a temporary cook in a village school with a monthly salary of 2,500 rupees, and occasionally works in the rice fields with a daily salary of 150-200 rupees to support the family.
- She shares balms, kits and shoes with her friend Dimpy Dutta at the SAI training center in Golaghat, Assam, and travels by train to save money.
- Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, her coach Duljit Baruah sent her weight lifting equipment worth Rs 53,000 so that she could train regularly.
- In 2021, when she got a job with the Indian Railways, she paid 23,000 rupees for a pooja and arranged a village feast.
- On December 18, 2018, she set a national youth record with 84 kg in the 59 kg snatch competition at the National Youth Weightlifting Championships in Nagpur; on February 4, 2020, she set a national youth record with 94 kg Set a national adult record. Won the title in the 59kg snatch category at the Senior National Championships in Kolkata.
- She is a dog lover and owns a pet dog.
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Source: HIS Education