Purnachandra Bidika

Purnachandra Bidika, born on 4 April 1957, is an Indian powerlifter from Odisha who comes from an Adivasi family of Rayagada. His article says he won four gold medals at the 2006 World Power Lifting Championship, and that he finished third in the 60 kilogram Master II category at the world championship in Palm Springs in the United States in 2008. He won the district level weightlifting championship in 1985 and then won it seven times in a row, and he took the 52 kilogram master title at the national arms wrestling championships in Bhilai and in Uttar Pradesh in 2006. The Chief Minister of Odisha gave financial assistance of two lakh rupees for his participation in an international event.