Career
Malik came from behind in the last ninety seconds of her Rio bronze medal bout, scoring twice to win India's only medal of the first week. She trained in Haryana, a region that has since produced most of India's international wrestlers.
🤼 Wrestling · Freestyle 58 kg
Sakshi Malik
India · 2010–2023
First Indian woman to win an Olympic wrestling medal.
- 1
- Olympic medals
- 1
- Commonwealth golds
- 3
- Asian medals
- 2
- Olympics played
Honours
- Olympic bronze medallist, 2016
- First Indian woman to medal in Olympic wrestling
- Commonwealth Games gold medallist, 2022
- Asian Championship silver medallist
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