[1] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 69 kg (152 lb) weightlifting category.

However, after his trainer Narayan Sahu's counsel he changed his attention towards weightlifting, which at last made him an outstanding performer.

K. Ravi Kumar won many State, National, and International awards in this short span of time.

[3] He competed for India at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[4] and won a silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 69 kg division.

[5] He came in second to fellow Indian weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam, who set a new Games record to win.