{{Short description|Indian weightlifter (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}} [[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Patil presenting the Arjuna Award -2006 to Smt. Geeta Rani for Weightlifting at a glittering function, in New Delhi on August 29, 2007.jpg|right|thumb|File:President Pratibha Patil presenting the Arjuna Award to Geeta Rani in 2007]] '''Geeta Rani''' (born 16 September 1981) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the Women's +75 kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081205084934/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/27/stories/2007042702542100.htm Geeta Rani wins two bronze medals]</ref> She won three silver medals in the Asian Championship in 2004 and a bronze medal in the 2003 Afro-Asian Games held in Hyderabad. In 2010 Commonwealth Games, she ranked 4th in the Women's +75 kg category. Her combined lift of 235 kg was 10 kg less than bronze medalist Deborah Acason's 245 kg lift.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_c-wealth-games-geeta-rani-finishes-fourth-in-weightlifting_1450616|title=C'Wealth Games: Geeta Rani finishes fourth in weightlifting|date=10 October 2010|work=DNA|accessdate=21 October 2010}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== In 2006, she received the Arjuna Award.
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==External links== {{Footer Commonwealth Games Champions Weightlifting Women Super Heavyweight}}
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