Samya has been competing in powerlifting since 2024, racking up 25 gold medals and 10 Champion of Champions titles across State, District and National meets. Her mountain-trained mental strength translates instantly to the platform.
Added weightlifting in January 2025 while maintaining her powerlifting training. Already ranking at District and State level, with a State Gold and a State Silver in 2026, while competing at the highest level in both disciplines.
Samya steps onto a powerlifting platform for the first time. No expectations — just mountain discipline and fire. Within the first 9 months, she wins her first 3 gold medals at Sub-Junior State level.
Six Sub-Junior Powerlifting gold titles and two Champion of Champions trophies — the highest honour in her competition circuit. The sport world takes notice of Gujarat's powerlifting prodigy.
Never one to stop at just one discipline, Samya adds Olympic weightlifting to her training. The snatch and clean & jerk demand a completely different skill set — and she rises to meet it.
Samya's first official weightlifting competition came barely three months into training: a 58kg total that tied for third and lost the bronze on the tie-break. She followed it with a 1st Rank at the SGFI District competition and a 3rd Rank at the SGFI State Level.
At the WRPF Gujarat State Iron Powerlifting Championship in Surat (28 June 2026), Samya sweeps 6 Gold medals and is crowned Champion of Champions in the Junior category — her biggest single-event haul yet.
At the WPI District Powerlifting Championship (12 July 2026), Sub-Junior athlete Samya competes up in the Junior category and wins 3 Gold medals plus 2 Champion of Champions titles, with 4 new personal records: 80kg squat, 55kg bench, 115kg deadlift, 250kg total.
At the WPC Gujarat State Powerlifting Championship (2 August 2026) in Ahmedabad, Samya secures Gold in the 67.5kg category with a 50kg bench press and 110kg deadlift for a 160kg total — a Bench Press & Deadlift-only event contested in the Senior category.
At the Gujarat Kesri State Powerlifting Championship in Rajkot (16 August 2026), competing through a 103F fever, Samya wins 3 Gold medals and a Champion of Champions title in Bench Press, with a new 82.5kg Squat PR and a 245kg total in the Sub Junior Under-69kg category.
At the Amateur Powerlifting Association of Gujarat championship in Vadodara (30 August 2026), Samya wins 3 Gold medals and 3 Champion of Champions titles in the Sub Junior Under-69kg category, with a new 90kg Squat PR on a 237.5kg total.
At the Gujarat State Classic (Men-Women) Championship, organised by Powerlifting Sports Association Gujarat, at Samrat Fitness King, Ghodasar, Ahmedabad (4 October 2026), Samya wins Gold in the Sub Junior Under-69kg category (bodyweight 65kg) with a new 92.5kg Squat PR, 47.5kg bench and 110kg deadlift for a 250kg total. The meet doubled as the West-Zone National Selection.
At the SGFI State Weightlifting Tournament 2026 in Rajkot (13 October 2026), organised by the District Sports Office, Rajkot and the Sports Authority of Gujarat, Samya wins the Gold Medal and Champion trophy in the U-17 Girls Under-69kg category with a 31kg Snatch and 43kg Clean & Jerk for a 74kg total, and is selected for the SGFI National Weightlifting Tournament 2026 in Imphal, Manipur.