Rohan Shah (powerlifter)
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| Born | 3 October 1991[1] Bilaspur, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Powerlifting, strength athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Surisetti Kumar[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rohan Shah (born 3 October 1991) is an Indian powerlifter and strength athlete from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.[2][3]
He represented India and won two gold medals at the World Cup Powerlifting Championship held in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2020,[4] and one gold medal at the International Strength Lifting Championship held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2023. He also won four silver medals at the World Strength Lifting Championship held in Thailand in 2019, Kazakhstan in 2024 and Thailand in 2025, and three bronze medals at the same championship held in Kyrgyzstan in 2022 and Kazakhstan in 2024.[3][2][5][6]
Early life
He hails from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. His father, Rajesh Shah, represented the Indian Railways in badminton. He was coached by Surisetti Kumar.[1][7]
Career
Powerlifting
In 2019, Shah competed at the 8th World Strength Lifting Championship in Thailand, where he won two silver medals.[5] In 2020, he represented India at the World Cup Powerlifting Championship in Kyiv, Ukraine, winning gold medals in the deadlift and bench press events in the 90 kg weight category.[4]
In February 2020, he earned a silver medal at the Chhattisgarh State Strength Lifting Championship in Balod, where the Bilaspur team placed first overall with 24 total medals.[8]
In September 2022, Shah competed at the 9th World Strength Lifting Championship in Kyrgyzstan in the senior 105 kg weight category. He won two bronze medals, lifting a total of 407.5 kg in the strength lifting event and 175 kg in the incline bench press event.[6][7]
In 2023, Rohan Shah won a gold medal at an International Strength Lifting Championship held in Nepal.[2] Later that year, in December 2023, he won two silver medals at the 10th World Strength Lifting and Incline Bench Press Championship, held at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad, India.[9]
In 2024, Shah competed in the 11th World Strength Lifting Championship in Kazakhstan, where he won one silver medal and one bronze medal.[3] In 2025, he competed in the 12th World Strength Lifting Championship held in Thailand, winning one gold medal and one silver medal.[3]
Athletics
In 2021, Shah competed domestically at the 3rd National Masters Athletics Championship in Varanasi, India, where he won a bronze medal in the shot put event.[3]
Other activities
Shah delivered a TEDx talk in 2024 titled "Let Ambition to Way Yourself" at Lingaya's Lalita Devi Institute of Management & Sciences, where he discussed career transitions and pursuing passion in sports.[10][11]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Joshi, Abhishek (February 8, 2026). "Chhattisgarh powerlifter Rohan Shah lifting India's pride". Dainik Jagran MP-CG.
- ^ a b c Bansal, Rachna (May 18, 2024). "भारत की शान में आज Athlete Rohan Shah Exclusive". India News.
- ^ a b c d e ""पावरलिफ्टिंग में रोज़ की तैयारी ही असली ताकत है": रोहन शाह" (in Hindi). Dainik Bhaskar. January 9, 2026.
- ^ a b "रोहन शाह ने अंतरराष्ट्रीय वेटलिफ्टिंग में स्वर्ण पदक जीता". Dainik Bhaskar. March 14, 2020.
- ^ a b Singh, Jyoti (September 8, 2024). "दुनिया में भारत का परचम लहराया, Indian Athlete Rohan Shah". News 24.
- ^ a b "बिलासपुर के वेट लिफ्टर ने किर्गिस्तान में जीता कांस्य पदक" (in Hindi). ETV Bharat. September 14, 2022.
- ^ a b Sharma, Yogeshwar (September 14, 2022). "बिलासपुर के रोहन शाह ने पेस चैम्पियनशिप में कांस्य पदक जीता". Nai Dunia.
- ^ Namdev, Kranti (February 24, 2020). "राज्य स्तरीय स्ट्रेंथ लिफ्टिंग में 18 गोल्ड जीत बिलासपुर बनी ओवर ऑल चैम्पियन". Patrika.
- ^ "India's Rohan Shah Wins Two Silver Medals At 10th World Strength Lifting And Incline Bench Press Championship 2023". Zee News. December 30, 2023.
- ^ "Let Ambition to Way Yourself". TedX. April 9, 2024.
- ^ "TedX Speakers". TEDxLLDIMS. November 22, 2023.