Harshada Garud

Harshada Garud

Personal information
Full name	Harshada Sharad Garud
Born	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 Maharashtra, India
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Asian Championships Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manama 45 kg World Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 45 kg Asian Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent 45 kg Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tashkent 45 kg

Harshada Garud is a weightlifter from Maharashtra, India. At the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, she became the first Indian to win a gold medal in International Weightlifting Federation's World Juniors Weightlifting Championships.

Biography

Harshada Garud is born on 8 November 2003, at Vadgaon Maval near Pune, Maharashtra. Harshada's father Sharad Garud, is also a weightlifter, who had won weightlifting silver at state school games. She is studying B.A. at Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Weightlifting career

In 2022, Harshada Garud won gold medal in the World junior weightlifting championships held at Heraklion, Greece. She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in World Juniors Weightlifting Championships. She had also won U-17 girls weightlifting gold medal at the 2020 Khelo India Youth Games and bronze medal at the 2020 Asian junior championships in Tashkent. She also won third rank in 45 kg junior woman category, in IWLF Youth, Junior & Senior National Weightlifting Championships 2021-22 held at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.