Mirabai Chanu Biography In English. Champion weightlifter mirabai chanu, who won india’s first gold medal in the ongoing commonwealth games, hails from manipur. Mirabai chanu, who gave india their first medal at the tokyo games, showed how strong she was from an early age.

Following in the footsteps of karnam malleswari and kunjarani devi, the indian weightlifter has gone on to record stellar. Saikhom mirabai chanu, who hails from manipur, broke into limelight during the trials of rio olympics 2016 weightlifting event in patiala, where she.