Ragala Venkat Rahul

Ragala Venkat Rahul (born 16 March 1997) is an Indian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the men's 85 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

Ragala Venkat Rahul

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 28) Stuartpuram, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) (2018)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb) (2018)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	85 kg
Coached by	vijay
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 85 kg Commonwealth Championships 2017 Gold Coast 85 kg 2015 Pune 85 kg 2019 Apia 89 kg Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing 77 kg Competed as an  Independent Olympic Participants Asian Youth Games 2013 Nanjing 77 kg
Updated on 19 January 2022

Early life

He was born in Stuartpuram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He trained at Sports School in Hyderabad.^[1]

Career

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, he won the silver medal in the 77 kg category. This was India's first ever medal in weightlifting at the Youth Olympics.^[2]

He won a gold medal in the men's 85 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. He lifted a total of 338 kg - 151 kg in snatch and 187 kg in clean and jerk. It was the fourth gold medal for India in weightlifting at the Games.^[3]