Key facts
- Born
- 3 September 1992, Rohtak
- State of birth
- Rohtak, Haryana
- Sector
- Wrestling
- Profession
- Indian wrestler
- Gender
- Female
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Biography
Sakshi Malik is a former Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics. She is a recipient of the Khel Ratna Award in 2016, India's highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri in 2017, the country's fourth-highest civilian award. In 2024, she became the first Indian wrestler to feature in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Timeline
- 1992Born in Rohtak
- 2016Awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games
- 2017Awarded the Padma Shri in sports
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) · Bollywood Hungama