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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.
Sakshi Malik, Wrestling - Won bronze medal at Rio Olympics 2016. Sania Mirza, Tennis - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award. Sandhya Agarwal, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award; Sarjubala Devi, Boxer - 2011 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships gold medalist. Sonam Malik, Wrestling; Shikha Tandon, Swimming - Conferred with Arjuna Award
Sakshi Malik (born 21 January 1993) is an Indian actress, fitness influencer and model, known for her role in the film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety and its associated song, ...
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[8] [9] Chandgi Ram's daughters, Sonika and Deepika, sowed the seeds of encouraging girls to take up women's wrestling in the 1990s; his protege Mahavir Phogat's daughters revolutionised wrestling, and then Sakshi Malik won an Olympic medal, which led to a big change in the mentality towards women wrestling. [10]
In January 2023, Phogat along with more than 30 Indian wrestlers that included Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and Anshu Malik, organised a protest demanding the dissolution of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and action against its president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, after it was alleged that its coaches had been harassing female players ...
Dahiya was born on 12 December 1997 in Nahri village, Sonipat district, Haryana. [7] Since age 10, Dahiya was trained by Satpal Singh at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi.His father Rakesh Dahiya, a small farmer, would travel around 39 km every day from their village to Chhatrasal Stadium to deliver fresh milk and fruits, which were part of his wrestling diet, for more than a decade.
In January 2023, thirty Indian wrestlers, including Olympic medalists, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Anshu Malik, Bajrang Punia, among others, staged a sit-in accusing Wrestling Federation of India president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and its coaches of sexually harassing female players for years, demanding to disband WFI. The protests were ...