From Doing Embroidery on Clothes to Supporting the Family to Winning Gold in Weightlifting at CWG, Achinta Sheuli’s is Super-Inspiring!
“Success is not
final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Nothing in this
world is impossible if you have the passion and determination for it. With
sheer dedication and persistence, you can achieve anything that you want in
your life. And Achinta Sheuli is the live example!
Achinta Sheuli
with his outstanding performance in the Commonwealth Games won a gold medal for
India in the men’s 73 kg weightlifting category with a combined lift of 313 kg
(snatch 143 kg + clean and jerk 170 kg), creating a new CWG record. From
embroidering necklines on women’s kurtas to working in fields Achinta Sheuli
has come a long way to creating a record in CWG his journey was anything but
smooth!
Followed His
Brother’s Footsteps
Hailing from
Deulpur in West Bengal, Achinta was first introduced to weightlifting by his
brother. His brother Alok was fascinated by weightlifting after watching a
body-building competition. Seeing his interest his mother Purnima took him to a
gym run by Astam Das in 2010. Achinta followed his brother to that gym after a
couple of years, and took to it, as a fish takes to water. Das trained them for
free and provided nutritious food too.
But the turning
point in Achinta’s life was the Junior National Championship held in 2013 in
Guwahati, Assam. Achinta came fourth and was noticed by the Army Sports
Institute. Alok said that Achinta was called for a trial by the Institute in
2014.
After his father
passed away, it was very difficult for his family to survive financially. Their
financial status was so poor that they did not have money to even perform their
father’s last rites. To bring food to the table, his mother started doing
needlework, and the kids joined in later. They would receive orders to
embroider the necklines of women’s kurtas.
The family used to
work for 12 hours a day, seven days a week. It was a hard job. On a very good
week, they would make INR 1200. While on an average week, it was less.
Achinta and his
brother also worked in the fields, harvested crops, and carried the loads on
their head because they were given an egg a day and a kilo of chicken at the
end of the day.
His Brother Was
His Biggest Support
After his father
passed away, Achinta’s brother Alok had become the breadwinner of their family.
To support his mother, Alok gave up on his dreams. The training and food at
Army Sports Institute helped Achinta get strong and gain weight. And he would
train and embroider whenever he had the time while going to school.
And the Journey
Began…
Achinta left his
local school in class 6 and completed his further studies at the Army Sports
Institute. He then participated in Youth National Games in Haryana and came
third. He later joined the Army in 2015 and received a letter from the Indian
camp. He won a silver medal in the Youth Commonwealth Games which was organized
in Pune. He went on to win gold at the Commonwealth Championship in 2019 and
silver at the Junior World Championship in 2021.
Thanks to the Army
job and stipend, Achinta is now able to support his family. His mother does not
need to do the needlework anymore and his brother Alok is focusing on his
career now.
Achinta believes
that a target, focus, and discipline are essential to succeed in life. And
rightly so, he has made the entire nation proud by winning gold at the CWG
after Mirabai Chanu and Jeremy Lalrinnunga.
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