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Indian weightlifter Ajay Singh, who is the two-time Commonwealth Championships gold medalist, missed the chance to secure India's seventh medal in the Birmingham Games 2022. The 25-year-old Indian weightlifter made a combined lift of 319 kg but his massive efforts were not enough to win a medal in Men's 81 kg category.
Ajay Singh, who holds a national record in Snatch round of 146 kg in the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is employed by the Army and trains at the Army Sports Institute in Pune, Maharashtra.
Here's all you need to know about the Indian weightlifter Ajay Singh:
Name: Ajay Singh
Age: 25
Date of Birth: April 17, 1997
Hails From: Rajasthan, India
Teams: Indian men's weightlifting team
Role: 81 kg weightlifter
Achievements: Ajay Singh made India proud by winning many medals at the world level. Here are great Achievements by Ajay Singh:-
- Gold medal in men’s 81kg at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in 2021,
- 77 kg category in 2016
- Bronze medal in the 64th Inter services Weightlifting Championship 2021 in Pune
- Gold medal at the 2017 Junior Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in the 77 kg category.