Sakshi Malik is an Olympic Bronze Medallist Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, competing in the 58 kg category, she won the bronze medal, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.
Personal Profile :
- Name : Sakshi Malik
- Born : 3 September 1992, Rohtak, Haryana India
- Country : India
- Height : 162 cm, 5 ft. 4 inch
- Weight : 58 kg or 128 lb.
- Profession Sports : Freestyle wrestling
- Coached by : Ishwar Dahiya
Career :
1. Year 2010
She won a Bronze at the 2010 Junior World Championships in the 58 kg category.
2. Year 2014
She won Gold at the Dave Schultz International Wrestling Tournament (60 kg).
3. August 2014
She won a silver medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, courtesy two 4-0 bouts.
4. May 2015
She won Bronze at Senior Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha.
5. May 2016
Malik qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by defeating China’s Zhang Lan in the semifinal of the 58kg category in the Olympic World qualifying tournament in May 2016.
6. July 2016
She won 60-kg Bronze at the Spanish Grand Prix.
7. Rio Olympics 2016
She won the bronze medal after an 8–5 victory over the reigning Asian champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the repechage medal playoff, and became India’s first female wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
Sakshi Malik Facts :
1. Her complete name is Sakshi Malik and she was born on 3 September 1992 in Rohtak, Haryana India.
2. She is first woman to win bronze medal in wrestling Olympics for India. Before her no one has won any medal for wrestling in India.
3. Before this she had won silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha.
4. Malik qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after defeating China’s Zhang Lan in the semis of the 58kg category in the Olympic World qualifying tournament in May 2016.
5. She took up wrestling in 2002 under guidance of coach ishwar Dahiya and after that never looked back.
6. In her career she was supervised by Geeta Phogat.
7. Early in her career Sakshi had to fight boys and had to fight a lot of social issues
Prize money Won by Sakshi Malik (For the bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics)
| Indian Rupees | US Dollar | Price From |
| ₹ 2 crore | US$300,000 | Government of Haryana, in addition to a state land grant |
| ₹ 50 lakh | US$74,000 | Indian Railways, as its employee |
| ₹ 20 lakh | US$30,000 | Indian Olympic Association |
| ₹ 15 lakh | US$22,000 | JSH Group |
| ₹ 1.01 lakh | US$1,500 | Salman Khan |
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