FULL NAME: Saraswati Rout
GENDER: Female
BORN: 10 June 1995 (Source: International Weightlifting Federation)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Kendrapara, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Serving in Indian Railways
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
TRAINING PLACE: Govt Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar and SAI Centre, Lucknow
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha, India


MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won the Gold medal, lifting 189kg in the National Weightlifting Championship, held at Patiala in December 2015.
*     Secured 3 Silver medals, lifting 62kg in snatch, 77kg in clean and jerk for a total of 139kg in the 58kg category of the Sub-junior National Weightlifting Championship at Itanager in Arunachal Pradesh on Nov 25, 2011.
*     Won one Bronze medal in the 58kg weight class of the 6th Youth National Weightlifting Championship, which was held at Yamuna Nagar, Haryana from January 2 to 4, 2011.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Represented India womens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, in 58kg weight category, but did not finish.
*     Won the Bronze medal in womens 58kg weight class at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, held in Gold Coast, Australia from 4-9 September 2017.
*     Won the Gold medal in 58kg women weightlifting event of the 12th South Asian Games, lifting a total of 187 kg (80kg snatch+107kg jerk) at Guwahati on Feb 7, 2016.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Saraswati polished her skills at SAI Centre, Lucknow.
*     She started her career as a trainee of Govt Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 7 January 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 10 July 2026