(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 31) Mokhra, Haryana, India
Height
162 cm (5 ft 4 in) (2016)[1]
Weight
58 kg (128 lb) (2016)[1]
Spouse
Satyawart Kadian
Sport
Country
India
Event
58 kg freestyle
Coached by
Mandeep Singh (2010- till now) Ishwar Dahiya (2004-2009)[2][3]
Medal record
Women's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing India
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
58 kg
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham
62 kg
2014 Glasgow
58 kg
2018 Gold Coast
62 kg
Asian Championships
2015 Doha
60 kg
2017 New Delhi
60 kg
2018 Bishkek
62 kg
2019 Xi'an
62 kg
Commonwealth Championships
2013 Johannesburg[4]
63 kg
2017 Johannesburg[5]
62 kg
World Junior Championships
2010 Budapest[6]
59 kg
Asian Junior Championships
2009 Manila[7]
59 kg
2012 Almaty[8]
63 kg
Sakshi Malik (born 3 September 1992) is a former Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Summer Olympics,[9] she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.[10][11] In 2017, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian award and in 2024, she became the first Indian wrestler to feature in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[12][13] She is a part of the JSW Sports Excellence Program, along with fellow female wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat.[14]
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.[15][16] She is one of the leaders of the ongoing 2023 Indian wrestlers' protest against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.[17] She announced her retirement from wrestling after the election of a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as WFI chief.[18]
^ ab"Sakshi Malik profile — Rio 2016". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^"हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". 3 March 2016.
^"हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". 11 February 2016.
^"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.
^"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.
^"World Championship: Female wrestling Juniors: 2010-07-22 Budapest (HUN): 59.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^"Asian Championship: Female wrestling Juniors: 2009-07-09 Manila (PHI): 59.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^"Asian Championship: Female wrestling Juniors: 2012-05-31 Almaty (KAZ): 63.0 kg". iat.uni-leipzig.de. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^wrestling medals at the Olympics - From KD Jadhav to Sakshi Malik Olympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021
^"Rio Olympics: Wrestler Sakshi Malik wins India's first medal - bronze in 58kg freestyle". The Times of India. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^"Rio 2016: Sakshi Malik, the female wrestler who got India's first medal". BBC News. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^Pahuja, Nisha (17 April 2024). "THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024 - Sakshi Malik". Time. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^Kumar, Abhishek (17 April 2024). "Sakshi Malik becomes 1st Indian wrestler to feature in TIME's 100 Most Influential People list". News9Live. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^JSW Sports Excellence Program, additional.
^"SAKSHI MALIK". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^"Commonwealth Games 2014: Sakshi Malik Gets Silver in Women's 58kg Freestyle Wrestling". NDTVSports.com. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^"India's protesting wrestlers say will toss medals into Ganges". Al Jazeera. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^"I quit wrestling!': Sakshi Malik announces retirement after Sanjay Singh's WFI chief elections win". Indian express. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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