Bijay Kumar Satpathy

Bijay Kumar Satpathy

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	Bijay Kumar Satpathy 1951 or 1952 Berhampur, Orissa, India
Died	22 September 2025 (aged 73) Berhampur, Odisha, India
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  India Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Bantamweight Asian Weightlifting Championships 1981 Nagoya 56 kg 1983 Damascus 56 kg

Bijay Kumar Satpathy (1951 or 1952 – 22 September 2025) was an Indian weightlifter who won the silver medal in the men's Bantamweight event at 1982 Commonwealth Games.^[1][2] He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in the year 1981–82 by the Government of India.^[3][4] He died at his residence in Berhampur, Odisha, on 22 September 2025, at the age of 73.^[5]

Career

Satpathy was a five-time national champion in weightlifting from 1977–78 to 1982–83 and represented the Indian Navy and Indian Railways. He won the gold medal at the 1981 Mini Commonwealth Games and later followed up with silver at the 1982 main event at Brisbane. He won the bronze medal at the 1981 and 1983 Asian Weightlifting Championships.^[6][7]

See also

• List of National Sports Award recipients in Olympic sports

References

1. "Bijay Kumar Satpathy". Orisports. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES 1982". olympic.ind.in. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018.
3. "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARDEES" (PDF). yas.nic.in. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
4. "Ravi's Arjuna Award lifts Berhampur's spirits". The Times of India. 30 August 2011.
5. "Arjuna Awardee & Weightlifting Icon of India Bijay Kumar Satpathy Passes Away". Pragativadi. 23 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
6. "Champion weightlifter in dire straits". The Hindu. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
7. "Unsung awardee cries govt neglect". The Telegraph. 1 September 2011.

External links

• CW Games profile