18-year-old Prithvi Sengupta, a powerlifter from Dehradun with Down syndrome, won a bronze medal at the IPF World Open Equipped Powerlifting ... from a very young age. He joined a gym at the ...

Powerlifting was first included as a Paralympic sport at the 1984 Paralympic Games ... The other powerlifter who has won six medals in Paralympic Games is also a female athlete: Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike ...

Her efforts quickly paid off, leading her to win a bronze in her first-ever national bench press competition. According to Guntur District Powerlifting Association Secretary Samdani, Jyoti has ...