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Sakshi Malik Kadian (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 (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, ...
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.
In January 2023, a group of Olympians and international wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and others organised a sit-in demanding disbanding of the federation due to alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by Brij Bhushan. The protests resumed in April 2023 due to government inaction.
[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]
They are Karnam Malleswari, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu (twice), Sakshi Malik, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain and Manu Bhaker (also twice). The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal was Karnam Malleswari , who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting.
Sakshi Malik may refer to: Sakshi Malik (born 1992), Indian freestyle wrestler; Sakshi Malik (actress) (born 1996), Indian actress and model; See also.
Sonam Malik (born 15 April 2002) is an Indian woman wrestler from Sonipat, Haryana. She won a gold medal at the National Games, and two gold medals at the World Cadet Wrestling Championship. She won a bronze in 62 kg in the 2022 Asian Games .