Linthoi Chanambam is an Indian judoka, who participates in the 57kg womens category. In August 2022, Linthoi became the first Indian to win a gold medal across any age group at the World Cadet Judo Championship held at Arena Hotel Hills in Sarajevo, Bosnia. She defeated Bianca Reis of Brazil in the final match by 1-0 in the womens 57kg category.Initially, Linthoi Chanambam was fond of football and boxing, and she started playing football and even tried boxing during her earlier school days. Linthois father insisted her to make a career in Judo, as the sport was quite popular in her village. In 2014, Linthoi started training for judo. In an interview, Linthoi revealed the reason behind taking Judo and said, I took up Judo in my childhood as I believed myself to be a boy and not a girl. And, as a kid, I hardly had friends who were girls. Most of them were boys. I always wanted to take up a sport like Judo from a very young age. In fact, I love boxing and football as well. But there were quite a few Judo academies near my home town. Thats what attracted me most about this sport and my family supported me from the very beginning, [2]The Print.In 2017, Mamuka Kizilashvili, coach of Linthoi, recommended her to the Sports Authority of India (SAI), and to support her, they started funding her. In an interview, she appreciated the efforts of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), and said, SAI has always helped me and backed me with all my endeavours. I am extremely grateful for the unwavering support of Shri Sandip Pradhan and SAI. They can be attributed to the immense joy I feel for winning this gold medal. [6]Daijiworld Media.In September 2018, Linthoi participated in the Sub-junior National Judo Championship at Una, Himachal Pradesh.When the first lockdown was imposed amid COVID-19 in March 2020, Linthoi was stuck at her coach Mamuka Kizilashvilis house in Georgia for about nine months. In an interview, she talked about staying with her coachs family and said, It was a difficult time for the whole world, as it was for us too. But coach Kizilashviis family made sure that I was always happy, although I was far away from my parents and family, [7]The Indian Express.In November 2021, Linthoi took part in the National Sub-Junior & Cadet Judo Championship at Chandigarh University in Chandigarh, Punjab.In December 2021, she participated in the Asia Oceania Cadet & Junior Judo Championship in Lebanon, Beirut.In June 2022, Linthoi participated in Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Haryana.In July 2022, she contested in the Asian Cadet and Junior Judo Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. and in August 2022, Linthoi took part in the World Cadet Judo Championship in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Linthoi Chanambam at Asian Cadet and Junior Judo Championship in Bangkok, Thailand Linthoi Chanambam at the World Cadet Judo Championship in Sarajevo, Bosnia.In an interview, Linthoi revealed that during her childhood days, she used to beat up boys while growing up at her hometown, Mayang Imphal in Manipur. She said, I used to fight with them a lot and ended up injuring some of them as well. My parents had to take them to the hospital, at times, [8]The Times of India.