Prabdeep Kaur Sanghera

Prabdeep Kaur Sanghera

2015 Western Canadian Championships
Personal information
Born	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 Jalandhar, India
Years active	2002 - present
Weight	74.00 kg (163.14 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Weightlifting
Team	National / International team
Coached by	Makhan Singh Sandhu
Medal record Representing  Canada Weightlifting Sub Youth Pan American Championships 2006 United States of America 58 kg 2007 Mexico 63 kg Pan American Championships 2012 Guatemala 75 kg Junior World Championships 2013 Peru 75 kg Junior & Senior Commonwealth Championships 2013 Malaysia 75 kg 2013 Malaysia 75kg

Prabdeep Kaur Sanghera (born (1993-11-15)15 November 1993) is a Canadian female weightlifter, competing in the 75 kg category and representing Canada at international competitions.

She has competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.^[1]

She is also the first Indian female weightlifter to have qualified for the 2010 Youth Summer Olympic Games.

Biography

Prabdeep Sanghera was born in India and raised in Canada. She is the daughter of veteran weightlifter Harnek Sanghera from Talwan village, Jalandhar District, in the Indian state of Punjab. He was a renowned weightlifter in India, being a record-holder in his category for three years and winner of the gold medal in the South Asian Federation Games. Her younger sister, Snimerdeep Sanghera, is also an international weightlifter.

Her coach, Makhan Singh Sandhu, is from the Lions Weightlifting Club of Surrey, British Columbia. Makhan Sandhu himself is a former international Olympic level weightlifter. He served as the head coach of Punjab University, where he also lectured. He has produced many Olympic weightlifters under his guidance and coaching.

Prabdeep graduated from Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary. She also coaches athletes from her gym. Prabdeep currently competes in 75 kg weight class, lifting 101 kg snatch and 120 kg clean and jerk.

International achievements

Prabdeep made her entry in the Senior category by breaking all three provincial records at the 42nd Annual Sea Festival Weightlifting Competition (Open International Weightlifting Competition).

She finished her final year as a junior in 2013 by winning the silver medal in the Junior World Championships at Peru and then a gold medal at the Commonwealth Championship in November 2013 in Penang, Malaysia. In Snatch, she lifted 100 kg, which was 3 kg more than the existing record. In clean and jerk, the previous record established in 2007 was 115 kg, which Prabdeep broke by lifting 117 kg. Her total of 217 kg was also a new provincial record.

National achievements

Prabdeep has won gold and silver in Junior Nationals, along with a Best Female Lifter trophy, two silver and one bronze in Senior Nationals.

Her achievements are as follows:

Junior National Championship:

-2006 – Silver

-2007 – Silver

-2008 – Gold

-2009 – Gold

-2010 – Silver

-2011 – Gold

-2012 – Gold and Best Female Lifter

-2013 – Gold

Senior National Championship:

-2009 – Silver

-2011 – Fourth place

-2012 – Bronze

-2013 – Silver

References

External links

• "Prabdeep Sanghera | Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games". Olympic.ca. 1993-11-15. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
• "Weightlifting Athlete Profile : SANGHERA Prabdeep Kaur - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". Results.toronto2015.org. 1993-11-15. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
• "Weightlifting - Prabdeep Sanghera (Canada)". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2017-03-03.