Kunjarani Devi
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Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi (born March 1, 1968) is an Indian sportswoman in weightlifting. She competed in the 48 kg category towards the later part of her career, and served a six-month suspension after testing positive to anabolic steroids during 2001. She is a recipient of Arjuna award in 1990 and shared the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award with Leander Paes for the year 1996-1997. She has more than fifty international medals to her credit. She also won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne for 48 kg womans weightlifting with a Games record with an overall lift of 166 kg which included 72kg in snatch and 94kg in the clean and jerk.
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