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Gururaja Poojary, a sportsperson from Udupi district, has brought laurels to the country by winning a silver medal in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Australia.
When the entire country fast asleep, Gururaja Poojary, the 25-year-old weightlifter from Chitturu, Kundapur Taluk, Udupi district, rose to victory. He entered the 56 kg category, and clinched the silver medal, opening the gates for India’s wins in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Gururaja hails from a very humble background. Mahabala Poojary, Gururaj’s father, was a pick-up truck driver. He owned just one truck. Paddu Poojary is Gururaj’s mother. He is the fifth son of Mahabala and Paddu. The family members nurtured his dream of becoming a sportsperson.
He completed primary education at Vandse village and later joined a school managed by Sri Mookambika temple, Kollur. He drew inspiration from Suresh Shetty Hosmat, who was the physical education instructor, while he was studying in PU.
He ventured into wrestling but ended up becoming a weightlifter. He was trained under Rajendra Prasad, while doing under graduation at SDM College, Ujire.
He had called up his parents from Australia and had told them that he was working hard to bag a medal, his family members told DH.
As the news of Gururaja’s feat broke, hundreds of well-wishers, relatives and friends thronged his house greeting his parents and family members.
Gururaja was third after snatch, pulling off a best of 111kg after two good lifts before surviving a few nervy moments in clean and jerk.
Weightlifter P Gururaja opened India’s medal account on the first competition day of the 21st Commonwealth Games, claiming a silver in the men’s 56kg category in Gold Coast on Thursday.
The 25-year-old Gururaja equalled his personal best of 249kg (111+138) to finish second in a field where Malaysia’s three-time Commonwealth Championships medallist Muhammad Izhar Ahmed (117+144) broke the Games record for snatch and overall lift.
Gururaja was third after snatch, pulling off a best of 111kg after two good lifts before surviving a few nervy moments in clean and jerk. The Indian failed in his first two attempts before managing a good lift off his last chance to zoom to the top half of the table.
Ahmed, meanwhile, bettered his compatriot Hamizan Amirul Ibrahim’s snatch record of 116kg, created in 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. He then broke the overall Games record, which was also in the name of Ibrahim.
The third position was taken by Sri Lanka’s Lakmal Chaturanga (114+134).
Gururaja, a low-ranking Indian Air Force employee, is a quintessential Indian sports story of immense hardships and just a tiny bit of luck.
Son of a truck driver, Gururaja had aspired to be a wrestler for the longest time before being pushed into weightlifting by a watchful coach who saw potential in him.
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