Valluri Srinivasa Rao (born 20 October 1981) is an Indian weightlifter from

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. He works in the Corps of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering of the

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Career

On 25 October 2003, in the

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held in

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, Rao won a silver medal in the Men's 56 kg category. He won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Penang, Malaysia in October 2009 in the same category. On 4 October 2010 Rao won a bronze medal in the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

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in the Men's 56 kg category. On 13 November 2010, he ranked 8th in the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

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in the Men's 56 kg category. On 22 February 2011, Rao won a gold medal in the Men's 56 kg category of the 34th National Games in

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. He represented the Services (SSCB) team in the event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Valluri Srinivasa Indian male weightlifters 1981 births Weightlifters from Andhra Pradesh Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Living people Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Asian Games competitors for India 20th-century Indian people 21st-century Indian people Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games