FULL NAME: Saraswati Rout
GENDER: Female
BORN: Date not known
HOME ADDRESS: Kendrapara, Odisha, India
PROFESSION: Serving in Indian Railways

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won the title, lifting 189kg in the National Weightlifting Championship, held at Patiala in December 2015.
*     Secured three silver medals, lifting 62kg in snatch, 77kg in clean and jerk for a total of 139kg in the 58kg category of the Sub-junior National Weightlifting Championship at Itanager in Arunachal Pradesh on Nov 25, 2011.
*     Won one bronze medal in the 58kg weight class of the 6th Youth National Weightlifting Championship, which was held at Yamuna Nagar, Haryana from January 2 to 4, 2011.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won the gold medal in 58kg women weightlifting event of the 12th South Asian Games, lifting a total of 187 kg (80kg snatch+107kg jerk) at Guwahati on Feb 7, 2016.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Saraswati is now honing her skills at SAI Centre, Lucknow.
*     She started her career as a trainee of Govt Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: January 7, 2011
RECORD LAST UPDATED: February 17, 2016