Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Jeremy Lalrinnunga Ralte is a professional weightlifter from Aizawl, Mizoram, India. He was born on October 26th, 2002. His father Lalneihtluanga Ralte was also a person with a sports background with his presence in the Mizoram boxing circuit. Lalmuanpuii Ralte is his mother. He started his boxing training at the age of 6 in his father's boxing academy. Then he was selected by the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune. He also got the chance to do his training in weightlifting under the coach Vijay Sharma at the Indian national camp in Patiala. He has a six-year winning streak at the senior level in the YMCA boxing championship.

These are some of the achievements and records in his sports journey: World Junior Championships 2016 - Silver medal, Asian Junior Championships 2016 - Silver medal, World Junior Championships 2017 - Silver medal, Commonwealth Junior Championships 2017 - Gold medal, Commonwealth Youth Championships - Gold medal, Asian Junior Championships 2018 - Bronze medal, Asian Youth Championships 2018 - Silver medal, Youth Olympics 2018 - Gold medal, Asian Youth Championships 2019 - Gold medal, Asian Junior Championships 2019 - Silver medal, Commonwealth Championships 2021 - Gold medal, Commonwealth Games 2022 - Gold medal, National record and personal best - 306kg (140kg+166kg), First Indian to win a gold medal at Youth Olympics. He also received Go sport’s Foundation annual sports award in the year 2021.