First Indian Female Wrestler to win a medal in Olympic: Sakshi Malik

   Sakshi Malik is an Indian freestyle wrestler. She become the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics.

Won Gold at Rio Olympics

She was born on 3 September 1992 in Mokhra Village, Rohtak District, Haryana to father, Mr. Sukhbir, a bus conductor with Delhi Transport Corporation, and mother, Mrs. Sudesh Malik, a supervisor at a local health clinic. She was motivated to takeup wrestling from seeing her grandfather who was also a wrestler.

Her training started at the age of 12 under coach, Ishwar Dahiya, at an Akhara in Chotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak.

In 2010, she won bronze medal in 58Kg freestyle event at Junior World Championships.

In 2014, she won gold medal in the 60Kg category at Dave Schultz International Tournament. After this she never stopped and maintained the passion and dedication towards wrestling. She also competed at 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

In 2015, Malik won bronze medal at Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar in a total of five rounds in the 60kg category.

2016 was the year where Sakshi made it to the headlines. She qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics by defeating China's Zhang Lan in the semifinal of the 58 kg category at the Olympic World Qualifying Tournament in May 2016.

 In 2017, Sakshi respresented 'Colors Delhi Sultans' in the second edition of the Pro Wrestling League. 

She was awarded by Padma Shri, Four highest Indian national honour in 2017. She was also awarded by Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, highest Sporting honour of India.