Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the 2022 BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award after a public vote.
Chanu becomes the first athlete to win the award twice in a row after winning for the year 2021.
Born in Manipur state, Chanu learned to weightlift by carrying firewood.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she became the first Indian to win a Silver medal in weightlifting and in 2022 secured Gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She won a Silver medal at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022.
