FULL NAME: Sneha Soren
GENDER: Female
BORN: 2 May, 2001 and 5 February 2001 (Source: Weightlifting Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Late Bada Soren), Mother (Late Chhita Soren)
HOME ADDRESS: At- Sikharghati, PO/Via- Krushnachandrapur, PS- Betnoti, Dist- Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India. PIN- 757029.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: First-year BA student of KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. Earlier studied at Krishnachandrapur New Govt High School, Krishnachandrapur, Mayurbhanj and Sriram Chandra Bhanja Junior College, Raghdha.
PROFESSION: Not known
HOME ACADEMY/CLUB: Odisha-Tenvic Weightlifting High Performance Centre, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
UNITS REPRESENTED: Mayurbhanj District, KIIT University, Odisha, India

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the Gold medal in senior women 55 kg category of the Odisha State Weightlifting Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Weightllifting Hall, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 16-18 October 2023.

NATIONAL:
*     Won one Gold and one Silver medal in senior women 55 kg category of the IWLF National Weightlifting Championship at Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) on 31 December 2023.
*     Won the Bronze medal in women 55 kg category of the 37th National Games at Campal Sports Village in Panaji, Goa on 25 October 2023.
*     Won the Bronze medal in womens 49kg weight class of the 36th National Games in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 30 September 2022.
*     Bagged one Gold (Junior women), one Silver (Inter-State) and one Bronze medal (Senior women) in 55kg category in the combined National Weightlifting Championships, held at NSNIS, Patiala from 9-12 August, 2021.
*     Won three Silver medals in girls 48kg category of the 13th Sub-junior National Weightlifting Championship, held at Vishakhapatnam from Feb 20-25, 2018.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won Gold medal in womens 49kg category of the 13th South Asian Games in Pokhara, Nepal on 5 Dec, 2019.
*     Finished 30th overall in womens 55kg category with a total lift of 173kg (Snatch 72kg + C&J 101kg) in the World Weightlifting Championships, held at Pattaya, Thailand from 18-27 Sept, 2019.
*     Won Silver medal in Junior women 55kg category with a total lift of 169kg (Snatch 73kg, C&J 96kg) in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, held in Apia, Samoa from 9-15 July, 2019.
*     Finished 7th in women 49kg category with total lift of 156kg (Snatch 66kg, C&J 90kg) in the 5th International Qatar Cup Weightlifting Championship, held in Doha, Qatar on 19 Dec, 2018.
*     Finished 5th in women 48kg category with total lift of 151kg (Snatch 67kg, C&J 84kg) in the Youth Olympic Games, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 6 Oct, 2018.
*     Won Bronze medal in women 48kg category with total lift of 145kg (Snatch 63kg, C&J 82kg) in the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships, held in Urgench, Uzbekistan from 20-30 April, 2018.
*     Won Gold medal in women 48kg category with total lift of 138kg (Snatch 60kg, C&J 78kg) in the Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships, held in Gold Coast, Australia from 3-9 Sept, 2017.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won the Silver medal in 55kg senior women category of the Khelo India Womens Inter-Zonal Weightlifting League Tournament at Rainbow International School in Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh 17 March 2024.
*     Won the Gold medal for KIIT University in women 55kg category of the 4th Khelo India University Games at Rajiv Gandhi University in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh on 20 February 2024.
*     Won the Silver medal in senior 49kg category of the Khelo India Women National Ranking Weightlifting Tournament (Phase-2) at Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 29 October 2022.
*     Won the Gold medal for KIIT Deemed to be University in 49kg weight class at the 2nd Khelo India University Games in Bengaluru on 24 April 2022.
*     Won one Gold medal in 49kg category of the All-India Inter-University Weightlifting (Women) Championship in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on 27 December 2021.
*     Won the Gold medal in under-21 girls 49kg category of the 2nd Khelo India Youth Games at Pune on Jan 10, 2019.
*     Won the Silver medal in girls 48kg category of the 1st Khelo India School Games, held in New Delhi from Jan 31 to Feb 8, 2018.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     She was felicitated with the Ekalabya Puraskar runner-up prize of Rs 50,000 and citation on 27 December, 2020.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 12 August 2015
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 21 March 2024