Quick facts
| Born | 3 September 1992 |
| Birthplace | Mokhra village, Rohtak district, Haryana, India |
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
| Weight categories | 58 kg, 60 kg and 62 kg |
| Major honour | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (2016); Padma Shri (2017) |
| Status | Retired from wrestling in December 2023 |
Early life and career
Sakshi Malik was born in Mokhra village in Rohtak district, Haryana. She competed mainly at 58 kg, 60 kg and 62 kg during her career. In 2014 she won gold at the Dave Schultz International Tournament in the 60 kg category.
Major results
At the Olympics, she won bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games in the 58 kg category. At the Commonwealth Games she won silver in 2014 in Glasgow (58 kg), bronze in 2018 on the Gold Coast (62 kg) and gold in 2022 in Birmingham (62 kg).
At the Asian Championships she won bronze in 2015 in Doha (60 kg), silver in 2017 in New Delhi (60 kg), and bronze in 2018 in Bishkek and in 2019 in Xi’an (both 62 kg). She also won gold at the 2019 South Asian Games and at the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships.
Awards and honours
She received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2016, India’s highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri in 2017. In 2024 she was named to Time’s 100 most influential people list as the first Indian wrestler to be included.
Later career and retirement
Sakshi Malik has been employed by Indian Railways and was promoted to gazetted officer after her Rio result. She also served as wrestling director at Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak. In 2023 she joined protests against the head of the Wrestling Federation of India over harassment allegations made by wrestlers. She announced her retirement from wrestling in December 2023, after a close aide of the federation chief was elected the new WFI head.
She gave birth to a daughter in November 2024.
Net worth
Not publicly estimated.
