Inspirational disabled powerlifter becomes national weightlifting champion in northern India

Inspirational disabled powerlifter becomes national weightlifting champion in northern India

Kuldeep Singh lost the use of both legs as a baby after contracting polio - but he hasn't let that hold him back from becoming a national weightlifting champion in India.br br Kuldeep scored second place at the National Paralympic Power Lifting Championships in 2008 and has won an abundance of national awards. br br The 30-year-old from a small village called Bayanpur Kurd in Haryana, northern India, contracted polio soon after he was born and lost the use of both his legs.br br The filmer told Newsflare: "He comes from a poor background and his father is a labourer. As a boy, seeing bodybuilders on television inspired him and he starting training at the age of 13 to try to emulate his heroes."br br “During my childhood, whenever I saw a bodybuilder I would think about that,” Kuldeep says. “Many times I thought to myself, I want a body like that.


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