Tara Singh (born 1 June 1955) is an Indian weightlifter. He was the first Indian to cross 200 kg in the

clean and jerk The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...

event winning the bronze medal while representing India at the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

. He was conferred with the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

in 1982 by the Government of India.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Tara 1955 births Living people Indian male weightlifters People from Kapurthala district Weightlifters from Punjab, India Weightlifters at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Recipients of the Arjuna Award