Deepak Lather

Deepak Lather (born 25 March 2000), is an Indian weightlifter who won the bronze medal in the men's 69 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.^[2] He is pursuing Business, India.^[3] He is the youngest person to hold an Indian national record in weightlifting. He is a Naib Subedar in Bombay Sappers in the Indian Army.^[4]

Deepak Lather

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 25) Shadipur village, Haryana, India[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) (2018)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb) (2018)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	69 kg
Partner(s)	Reliance, Indian army
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 69 kg Commonwealth Championships 2015 Pune 62 kg 2017 Gold Coast 69 kg

Personal life

His father Bijender Lather was a farmer by profession. Deepak used to work with his father's farmland since childhood. That grooms his strength and made him a natural weightlifter. At the age of 16, in National Championship, he broke the national record in Men's 62 kg category.^[5] He joined Indian Army through Sports Quota and was initially trained for diving. But after being trained for few months, he was re-trained for weightlifting.^[6]