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Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter who was born on June 1, 1975. She was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in 2000. She received the Arjuna Award in 1994 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor, as well as the civilian Padma Shri award in 1999.
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