Prabdeep Kaur Sanghera


Prabdeep Kaur Sanghera is a Canadian female weightlifter, competing in the 75 kg category and representing Canada at international competitions.
She has competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.
She is also the first Indian female weightlifter to have qualified for the 2010 Youth Summer Olympic Games.

Biography

Prabdeep Sanghera was born in India and raised in Canada. She is the daughter of veteran weightlifter Harnek Sanghera from Talwan village, Jalandhar District, in the Indian state of Punjab. He was a renowned weightlifter in India, being a record-holder in his category for three years and winner of the gold medal in the South Asian Federation Games. Her younger sister, Snimerdeep Sanghera, is also an international weightlifter.
Her coach, Makhan Singh Sandhu, is from the Lions Weightlifting Club of Surrey, British Columbia. Makhan Sandhu himself is a former international Olympic level weightlifter. He served as the head coach of Punjab University, where he also lectured. He has produced many Olympic weightlifters under his guidance and coaching.
Prabdeep graduated from Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary. She also coaches athletes from her gym. Prabdeep currently competes in 75 kg weight class, lifting 101 kg snatch and 120 kg clean and jerk.

International achievements

Prabdeep made her entry in the Senior category by breaking all three provincial records at the 42nd Annual Sea Festival Weightlifting Competition.
She finished her final year as a junior in 2013 by winning the silver medal in the Junior World Championships at Peru and then a gold medal at the Commonwealth Championship in November 2013 in Penang, Malaysia. In Snatch, she lifted 100 kg, which was 3 kg more than the existing record. In clean and jerk, the previous record established in 2007 was 115 kg, which Prabdeep broke by lifting 117 kg. Her total of 217 kg was also a new provincial record.
YearPlaceWeightCompetitionLocation
20061st58 kgPan American Sub 15 ChampionshipsUnited States of America
20071st63 kgPan American Sub 15 ChampionshipsMexico
20096th69 kg1st Youth World ChampionshipsThailand
20105th69 kgYouth Olympic Qualifications Event for Pan American Championships 2012Peru
201011th+63 kgSummer Youth OlympicsSingapore
201115th75 kgJunior World ChampionshipsMalaysia
20128th75 kgJunior World ChampionshipsGuatemala
20123rd in Snatch -overall 4th75 kgPan American ChampionshipsGuatemala
20132nd in Snatch - overall 6th75 kgJunior World ChampionshipsPeru
20131st75 kgJunior Commonwealth ChampionshipsMalaysia
20132nd75 kgSenior Commonwealth ChampionshipsMalaysia
201411th in Snatch - overall 15th75 kgWorld ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan
20155th75 kgPan American GamesToronto, Canada
201520th in Snatch -
overall -		75 kgWorld ChampionshipsHouston
20166th75 kgPan American ChampionshipsColombia
20164th75 kgFISU World University ChampionshipsMexico

National achievements

Prabdeep has won gold and silver in Junior Nationals, along with a Best Female Lifter trophy, two silver and one bronze in Senior Nationals.
Her achievements are as follows:
Junior National Championship:
-2006 – Silver
-2007 – Silver
-2008 – Gold
-2009 – Gold
-2010 – Silver
-2011 – Gold
-2012 – Gold and Best Female Lifter
-2013 – Gold
Senior National Championship:
-2009 – Silver
-2011 – Fourth place
-2012 – Bronze
-2013 – Silver