Sakshi Malik

Sakshi Malik (born 3 September 1992) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.[7][8] She is a part of the JSW Sports Excellence Program, along with fellow female wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat.[9]

Sakshi Malik
Malik in 2016
Personal information
Born (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992
Mokhra village, Rohtak district, Haryana, India
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in) (2016)[1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb) (2016)[1]
Sport
CountryIndia
Event(s)58 kg freestyle
Coached byIshwar Dahiya
Medal record
Women's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  India
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro58 kg
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow58 kg
2018 Gold Coast62 kg
Asian Championships
2015 Doha60 kg
2017 New Delhi60 kg
2018 Bishkek62 kg
2019 Xi'an62 kg
Commonwealth Championships
2013 Johannesburg[2] 63 kg
2017 Johannesburg[3] 62 kg
World Junior Championships
2010 Budapest[4] 59 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2009 Manila[5] 59 kg
2012 Almaty[6] 63 kg

Malik had previously won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and the bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha.[10][11]

Early life

Malik was born on 3 September 1992 in Mokhra village[12] of Haryana's Rohtak district to Sukhbir, a bus conductor with Delhi Transport Corporation, and Sudesh Malik, a supervisor at a local health clinic.[13][14] According to her father, she was motivated to take up wrestling from seeing her grandfather Badlu Ram, who was also a wrestler.[13][15] She began training in wrestling at the age of 12 under a coach, Ishwar Dahiya, at an Akhara in Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak.

Career

Malik's first success as a professional wrestler in the international arena came in 2010 at the Junior World Championships where she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg freestyle event.[16] At the 2014 Dave Schultz International Tournament, she won gold in the 60 kg category. And after that, she never stopped and maintained the passion and dedication towards the game.

2014

Malik began her campaign at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games winning her quarterfinal bout against Edwige Ngono Eyia of Cameroon by a 4–0 margin. In the semifinal, she faced Braxton Stone of Canada whom she defeated 3–1 to assure herself of a medal. Her opponent in the final was Aminat Adeniyi of Nigeria who defeated her 4–0 in a closely contested bout.[17] At the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent, she faced Anta Sambou of Senegal in the Round of 16, and won the bout 4–1. She crashed out of the tournament after a 1–3 loss to Petra Olli of Finland.[18]

2015

At the 2015 Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar, in a total of five rounds in the 60 kg category, Malik battled through two rounds to finish in the third position and claim a bronze medal. In the first round, she faced Luo Xiaojuan of China but was beaten 4–5 by fall verdict. She came back strongly in the second round to beat Munkhtuya Tungalag of Mongolia 13–0, before losing in the third round to Yoshimi Kayama of Japan. She was able to clinch the bronze medal in the fourth round, beating Ayaulym Kassymova of Kazakhstan.[19]

2016

Malik qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics by defeating China's Zhang Lan in the semifinal of the 58 kg category at the Olympic World Qualifying Tournament in May 2016.[20] At the Olympics, she won her Round of 32 bout against Sweden's Johanna Mattsson and Round of 16 bout against Moldova's Mariana Cherdivara. After losing to eventual finalist Valeria Koblova of Russia in the quarterfinal, she qualified for the repechage round where she defeated Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia in her first bout. She won the bronze medal after an 8–5 victory over the reigning Asian champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan, despite trailing 0–5 at one stage, in the repechage medal playoff, and became India's first female wrestler to win an Olympic medal.[21]

2017

Sakshi Malik represented 'Colors Delhi Sultans' in the second edition of the Pro Wrestling League held in January 2017. She has also been featured in the women's day campaign called as #EveryWomanStrong for her sponsor JSW Group. [22]

Personal life

Malik is currently employed with Indian Railways in the commercial department of its Delhi division, in the Northern Railway zone and is a part of the JSW Sports Excellence Program.[9][23] Following her bronze medal win at Rio, she was promoted from senior clerk to gazetted officer rank.[24]

Malik has completed a master's degree in physical education from Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak.[25][26] In September 2016, she was appointed as the university's wrestling director.[27]

In an interview shortly after the Rio Olympics, Malik said she was engaged to be married to a fellow wrestler Satyawart Kadian later in 2016. Satyawart Kadian is also an international level wrestler and has won medals in Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.[28]

Marriage

Sakshi Malik tied the knot with Indian wrestler Satyawart Kadian on April 2, 2017, in Rohtak. Sakshi Malik and Satyawart Kaidan both hail from the same background of wrestling and their marriage was planned in a grand manner. Two-time Olympic medallist, wrestler Sushil Kumar was a guest at the wedding, and other fellow Olympic medal winners players like PV Sindhu, winner of the badminton silver medal at Rio Olympics 2016, were also on the invitation list.

Awards and recognition

References
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  2. "Commonwealth Championship: Female wrestling Seniors: 2013-12-05 Johannesburg (RSA): 63.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. "Sakshi Malik wins gold in 62 kg category at Commonwealth Wrestling Championship". Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India (PTI). 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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  6. "Asian Championship: Female wrestling Juniors: 2012-05-31 Almaty (KAZ): 63.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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  28. "Wedding bells for Sakshi after Olympic high, to tie the knot with wrestler Satyawart". India Today. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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