{"id":71165,"date":"2017-04-20T15:17:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T09:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/?p=71165"},"modified":"2017-04-20T15:17:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T09:47:48","slug":"first-indian-female-wrestler-to-winl-at-the-olympics-padma-shri-sakshi-malik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/first-indian-female-wrestler-to-winl-at-the-olympics-padma-shri-sakshi-malik\/","title":{"rendered":"You Will Be Mesmerized With The Story Of This First Indian Female Wrestler To Win At Olympics, Padma Shri Sakshi Malik"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Sakshi Malik<\/strong>, the well known Indian wrestler and also the first Indian female freestyle wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics and the fourth female Olympic medalist from the country.\u00a0<\/b>Born on 3rd \u00a0September 1992, Sakshi\u00a0captured the bronze medal in the 58-kg category of Women\u2019s Freestyle Wrestling\u00a0in the Rio summer olympics 2016. It was probably the first medal of India in the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sakshi Malik was the one to do it for the country.<\/p>\n

Sakshi’s passion and dedication reflects from the laurels she has brought up for the country.\u00a0Sakshi pitched her career as a successful professional wrestler in the year 2010 by tasting victory at the Junior level competitions. She won a Bronze at the 2010<\/strong> Junior World Championships in the 59-kg category.\u00a0<\/b>In 2014, <\/strong>Sakshi\u00a0\u00a0came to the international limelight after winning the Gold at the Dave Schultz International Wrestling Tournament in 60-kg category. She also won the\u00a0silver medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning her quaterfinal about by a 4-0 margin. At the 2015<\/strong>\u00a0Senior Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha,Qatar Sakshi bagged a Bronze medal.\u00a0She also turned the tables in the Spanish Grand Prix in 2016<\/strong> in the 60 kg category.<\/p>\n

Sakshi has completed a master’s degree in physical education from Maharshi Dayanand University,\u00a0Rohtak.\u00a0In September 2016, she was appointed as the university’s wrestling director. Currently employed with Indian Railways in the commercial department of its Delhi division, in the Northern Railway zone, she was\u00a0promoted from senior clerk to gazetted officer rank after her achievement at the 2016 Rio olympics.<\/p>\n

Being awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award (2016) <\/strong>and Padma Shri (2017)<\/strong> Sakshi preaches hardwork and determination and marks it important \u00a0for attaining success in one’s life.<\/p>\n

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In conversation with Sakshi Malik:<\/p>\n

Q: What did you aspire to be since your childhood? What were your goals as a student?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have always wanted to be a sportsperson, when I decided to take up sports, wrestling was my first choice as my grandfather Badhlu Ram was also a wrestler. He would always \u00a0narrate stories of wrestling and dangals <\/em>which had me intrigued and interested in the sport. My goals were to maintain a perfect balance between my academic life and my wrestling career.<\/p>\n

Q: You are a true inspiration to millions of youth today. When and how did wrestling happen to you? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I always admired by grandfather who was also a wrestler<\/strong> and developed a passion towards the sport. I was twelve when I started to train, and till date I believe that it was the best decision I ever made. I started my training under Ishwar Dahiya, at an\u00a0akhara in Chhotu Ram Stadium,\u00a0Rohtak.<\/p>\n