Namrata Purohit
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 1992 (age 32) Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vijay Sharma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | 5 Time National champion, India record holder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Snatch 143kg, clean jerk 173 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[1]Purohit (born 1 January 1992) is an Indian weightlifter from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. He serves in the Indian Army.
Early life
[edit]Purohit's father Samir Purohit is a celebrity fitness expert and co-founder of The Pilates Studio. Born in Mumbai, India, Namrata completed her Major in economics at Jai Hind College and her Master’s of Science in Sports Management at Loughborough University. She was a national-level squash player and state-level football player.[2][3] When she was 16, Purohit fell off a horse and had to undergo a knee surgery that ended her sporting career in squash.[4][5]
Pilates career
[edit]After her surgery, under her father’s advice, she started practicing Pilates. She then went on to study courses on Pilates from Lindsay G. Merrithew. She became the youngest certified Stott Pilates instructor in the world and is also a certified Barre instructor. She consequently founded The Pilates Studio with her father, the first Pilates studio to offer both pilates and a simulated altitude training room.[6][7][4]
At 21, she launched her first book, The Lazy Girl's Guide to Being Fit, published by Penguin Random House. She has trained celebrities including Kangana Ranaut, Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Nargis Fakhri, Neha Dhupia, Lauren Gottlieb, Shibani Dandekar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Elli Avram, Bruna Abdullah and Malaika Arora.[8][9][10]
She was the official fitness partner to the Femina Miss India Organization (since 2011) and Miss Diva (2013 and 2014). Along with her father, Purohit was the official Pilates coach to the 2014 Mumbai City FC team.[11][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ weightlifting, Purohit.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Passionate about Pilates". The Hindu. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Catching up with Namrata Purohit, Stott Pilates Instructor". The Economic Times. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ a b "What is Altitude training?". 24 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ ""My career in the fitness industry started when I was 16 years old" -Namrata Purohit". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "NAMRATA PUROHIT'S ADVICE ON HOW TO STAY IN GREAT SHAPE". 24 January 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "The life of a pilates queen". 12 March 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ Fernandes, Kasmin (7 August 2015). "Jacqueline Fernandez launches Namrata Purohit's book in Mumbai". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Pilates instructor Namrata Purohit on keeping Dishoom stars fit ahead of filming in Abu Dhabi". 13 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "5 easy fitness tips from Varun Dhawan's trainer". 13 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "fbb Femina Miss India 2015: Pilates with Samir and Namrata Purohit". The Times of India. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Namrata Purohit (Celebrity Pilates Instructor ) Dishes Out Fitness Do's And Dont's". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Namrata Purohit". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
