SAKSHI MALIK WON BRONZE FOR
INDIA`S FIRST MEDAL IN
58 KILO WRESTLING IN RIO OLYMPIC 2016
Sakshi Malik (born 3 September 1992) is an Indian wrestler who competes in the 58 kg category. At the 2016 Summer Olympicsheld in Rio, she won the bronze medal in the same category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics. She had previously won silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha.[3][4]
Career[edit]
2014 Commonwealth Games[edit]
Malik began her Commonwealth Games campaign in Glasgow, Scotland winning her quarterfinal bout against Edwige Ngono Eyia of Cameroon by a 4-0 margin. In the semifinal, she faced Braxton Stone of Canada whom she defeated 3-1 to assure herself of a Commonwealth medal. Her opponent in the final was Aminat Adeniyi of Nigeria who defeated her 4-0 in a closely contested bout.[5]
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| Born | 3 September 1992 Rohtak,[1] Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ishwar Dahiya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record[hide]
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2014 World Wrestling Championships[edit]
Malik participated in the World Wrestling Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 10 September 2014. She faced Anta Sambou of Senegal in the Round of 16, and won the bout 4-1. She crashed out of the tournament after a 1-3 loss to Petra Olli of Finland.[6]
2015 Asian Wrestling Championships[edit]
The 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Doha, Qatar during the month of May. On 9 May 2015, in a total of five rounds in the 60 kg category, Malik battled through two rounds to finish in third position and claim a bronze medal. In the first round, she faced Luo Xiaojuan of China but was beaten 4-5 by fall verdict. She came back strongly in the second round to beat Munkhtuya Tungalag of Mongolia 13-0, before losing in the third round to Yoshimi Kayama of Japan. She was able to clinch the bronze medal in the fourth round, beating Ayaulym Kassymova of Kazakhstan.[7]
Upon returning to her hometown in Haryana, she was given a hearty welcome at the Chhoturam Stadium along with her coach, Ishwar Dahiya.[8]
2016 Rio Olympics[edit]
Malik qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by defeating China's Zhang Lan in the semifinal of the 58kg category in the Olympic World qualifying tournament in May 2016.[9]
At the Olympics, she won her Round of 32 bout against Sweden's Johanna Mattsson and Round of 16 bout against Moldova's Mariana Cherdivara. After losing to eventual finalistValeria Koblova of Russia in the quarterfinal, she qualified for the repechage round where she defeated Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of Mongolia in her first repechage bout.
She won the bronze medal after a 8–5 victory over the reigning Asian champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the repechage medal playoff, and became India's first female wrestler
and the fourth female athlete ever to win an Olympic medal. Malik was down 0-5 against Tynybekova before coming back in thrilling fashion to win the first medal for India at the Rio Olympics.[10][11]
Awards and recognition[edit]
- For the bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics
- ₹2 crore (US$300,000) from the Government of Haryana, in addition to a state land grant.
- ₹50 lakh (US$74,000) from the Indian Railways, as its employee.
- ₹20 lakh (US$30,000) from the Indian Olympic Association.
- ₹15 lakh (US$22,000) from the JSW Group
- ₹1.01 lakh (US$1,500) from Salman Khan[12]
BBC NEWS
But she went on to earn a silver medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and walked away with the bronze at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
Thursday's bronze medal, was a "result of 12 years of dedication", she said. "I never gave up to the end. In the last round, I had to give my maximum, I had the self belief," she said.
Her father, Sukhvir Malik, told the BBC that "Sakshi is now known to the entire country". "People have been celebrating outside our house since last night", he said.
He added that Sakshi was inspired by her grandfather, a wrestler, to start playing the sport.
"She trained extremely hard - day and night. She had promised me [she would] bring a medal and she has done that."
She comes from the district of Rohtak, which gained notoriety in 2014, after two sisters fought back against a group of men who accosted them on a public bus. The state of Haryana is also known for having the most severe gender imbalance in India a sign, campaigners say, of high levels of female foeticide.
Women's wrestling really took off in India in the mid-1990s. But it was not until 2002 that girls were allowed to train with boys in Haryana.
Now all three of India's female wrestlers at the Olympics, a record for the country in any case, are from that state.
Ishwar Singh Dahiya, who coached Malik, and is among those credited for the success of women's wrestling in India has said that women have now "put Rohtak on the world wrestling map".
"Girls once not welcome at the Chotu Ram Stadium have now become its pride," Mr Dahiya told the Hindustan Times in 2015, the year after he retired as district sports officer.
Social media pays homage: 'Dreams into reality'
Joy has swept Indian social media in the hours since her win.
Having been dealt a series of disappointments at Rio, India had yet to win a single medal until Malik took to the stage.
"Indian dreams have turned into reality," said one user on Twitter.
"Look at the way Sakshi rescued the Indian tally. She did what brothers couldn't do," said Yashwant Deshmukh, a political analyst.
"Sakshi proved women are not weak and in need of protection," another user chipped in.
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