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Mangaluru, Dec 15 : Mr Aren Joy Fernandes, a first-year student of Electronics and Communication Engineering of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Vamanjoor brought laurels to the college by winning Gold Medal in Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship held at Kazakhstan from 2nd to 8th December 2019. He secured First Place in Squat, Second Place in Deadlift and First Place in Overall below 66 kg Powerlifting Championship (Squat 180 kg, Bench Press 97.5 kg, Deadlift 215 kg, totaling up to a weight of 492.5 kg).

Mr Aren who entered sports at a very young age has 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Silver Medals to his credit in various State, National and International level championships.

Some of his other achievements include:

• Gold Medal in State level Sub Junior category Powerlifting held at Puttur
• Gold Medal in State level Sub Junior category Powerlifting and Bronze Medal in Junior category held at Kundapur
• Silver Medal in Sub Junior category Equipped National Powerlifting held at Chennai
• Silver Medal in Sub Junior category along with National Meet Record in Deadlift at Raw National Powerlifting held in Kerala
• Gold Medal with 4 new Meet Records (Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift & total weight) and VTU Strong Man title in VTU Single Zone Powerlifting held at Nitte
• Gold Medal in Equipped State Bench Press Sub Junior category and Bronze Medal in Senior category at Kudroli

The college held a felicitation program during which Mr Aren Fernandes was facilitated by the management of the college in the presence of his mother Mrs Anandi Fernandes. St Joseph Engineering College is proud of his achievements and congratulates Mr Aren on his outstanding efforts.