Kamineni Eswara Rao (26 August 1918 – 7 November 2007) was an Indian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. He competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

and the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

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* 1918 births 2007 deaths Indian male weightlifters People from Krishna district Weightlifters from Andhra Pradesh Olympic weightlifters for India Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award 20th-century Indian people {{India-weightlifting-bio-stub