Mangalore: Aren Joy Fernandes, a first-year student of Electronics and Communication Engineering of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangalore, brought laurels to the college by winning Gold Medal in Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship held at Kazakhstan. 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).
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.