Iconic Athletes

   Saina Nehwal is an Indian professional badminton singles player. A former world no.1, she has won over 24 international titles, which involves 11 Superseries titles. Saina Nehwal She was born on 17 March 1990 in Hisar, Haryana, India. Her father, Mr. Harvir Singh Nehwal ,who has a PhD in agricultural science and her mother, Mrs. Usha Rani Nehwal. Her father was promoted and transferred from Haryana to Hyderabad. Her mother was a State level badminton player in Haryana. Saina took up badminton to fulfill her mother's dream of becoming a national level badminton player. She trained under Pullela Gopichand in his academy in 2014 parted company with Gopichand and joined Prakash Padukone Badminton  Academy in Banglore. In 2006, She created history by winning the 'Asian Satellelite Badminton Tournament'. At the age of 16, she became the first Indian woman and the youngest player from Asia to win a 4-star tournament-the Phillippines Open. In 2007, she won her opening matches ...

   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 ca...