Olympics: India's painful tale of fourth place finishes

#7 Kunjarani Devi, Athens, Greece, 2004

Kunajarani Devi’s best efforts couldn’t help her garner a medal

Kunjarani Devi finished fourth in ‘Women’s 48 kg Weightlifting’ category but was never really in contention for the podium finish. She was disqualified in her final attempted of lifting 112.5 kg in the ‘Clean and Jerk’ category, had she been successful, she would still have missed the bronze medal.

Devi finished with overall 190 points, 10 points behind the bronze medalist Aree Wiratthaworn of Thailand. Turkish lifter Nurcan Taylan won the gold. Kunjarani, later on won the gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne for 48 kg women's category and finished her career as India’s most decorated woman weightlifter but missing out on an Olympics medal will always be a regret.