Photo credit: Tanya Kaushal.
Wife of an Indian Air Force fighter pilot and mother of two, Bhavna Tokkekar is a 49-year-old powerlifter who has competed internationally in the above 40 category.
It includes setting world records in deadlifts and others like benchpress and weight squats.
As a homemaker from India, powerlifting was never in her books, but after training under the Indian Air Force body-building team she was ready to compete in a couple of months. She is inspiring people worldwide of all abilities and she says that is her biggest achievement to date.
Watch this video to see her in action at the world championship in Moscow, Russia.
To read an in-depth feature on Bhavna's story, see our spring 2021 print issue of FIFTY magazine.
Music credit: BlueTreeAudio.
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