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Key facts
- Full name
- Sakshi Malik Kadian
- Born
- ( 1992-09-03 ) 3 September 1992 (age 33) , Mokhra , Haryana , India
- Height
- 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
- Spouse
- Satyawart Kadian
- Sport
- Wrestling
- Event
- Freestyle wrestling
- Coached by
- Ishwar Dahiya (2004-2009), Mandeep Singh (2010-2023)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Rohtak
- Spouse
- Satyawart Kadian
- Sport
- freestyle wrestling
- Country for sport
- India
- Mass
- 58
- Image
- Sakshi Malik in 2016.jpg
- Height
- 1.62
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- date of birth
- 1992-09-03
- Commons category
- Sakshi Malik (wrestler)
- name in native language
- Sakshi Malik
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- social media followers
- 539864
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Encyclopedic overview
Sakshi Malik (born 3 September 1992) 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.
Early life
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