Sakshi Malik

Real Name :   Sakshi Malik

Nickname :    Sakshi

Profession :  Wrestler

Category : Sports

Height in meters:1.62 m

Date of Birth : 3rd September, 1993

Birth Place: Haryana

Nationality : Indian

Hometown : Haryana, Tamil Nadu

Achievements

• Bronze medal in Rio Olympics 2016 (56 kg wrestling)
• Bronze medal at the 2010 Junior World Championships
• Gold at Dave Schultz International Wrestling Tournament in 2014
• Bronze medal at the 2015 Senior Asian Wrestling Championships
• Silver medal at World Qualification tournament at Istanbul, Turkey 2016

Awards and recognition

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