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nSakshi Malik became the first female wrestler ofnIndia to have won an Olympic medal. Wrestling in India is always considered anmale sport and Sakshi’ effort has broken this sexist thinking. She belonging tonHaryana, a state known for killing female foetus, is even more inspiring.nSakshi has become an inspiration for millions of Indian youths aspiring to be anworld class sportsman because of her grit, hard work, never-say-die attitudenand perseverance. This is the result of decade long tough battle that shenfought against all odds. Her attitude during the Rio Olympic showed the samenpattern when she always came back from behind. When everyone thought her out,nshe showed her determination.
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nProfile of Sakshi Malik
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nSakshi was born on September 3, 1992 in Rohtak,nHaryana (Mokhra village). At that time, girl child was more or less hated innHaryana for strange reasons. But, Sakshi’ parents – Sudesh and Sukhbir – were different.nThey not only ensured good education and solid upbringing to her, but also letnher choose the career she wanted to pursue. When she conveyed her decision tonbecome a wrestler, her parents didn’t raise any question. She was only 12 atnthat time. Rather, they started to invest money into her. They took her tonIshwar Dahiya at Chhotu Ram Stadium for training. Wrestling was a strangencareer choice for a girl belonging to a middle class family. Here, credit mustnbe given to the parents of Sakshi who did everything and their effort couplednwith strong determination of Sakshi has made India proud.
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nSakshi’ father Sudesh Malik is a bus conductor working Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). Her mother is also a government clerk. Sakshi Malik is a Jat by caste and her height is 1.63 cm.
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nSakshi’ father Sudesh Malik is a bus conductor working Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). Her mother is also a government clerk. Sakshi Malik is a Jat by caste and her height is 1.63 cm.
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nIt should also be mentioned here that when IshwarnDahiya started to train Sakshi, there were lots of protest against him. Ishwarnwas also determined to not bulge and he let Sakshi fight with the best of malenwrestler in the region. Six years later, Sakshi made Dahiya proud by winning anBronze in the World Junior Championship in 2010. Since then there is no lookingnback. She had also won a Silver medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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nFurther, the Indian Wrestling Federation has nevernhelped Sakshi. It must be quite embarrassing for corrupt sports officials whilenthey were watching Sakshi standing proud on the podium with the Bronze medal.
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nSakshi is also a good student. She is only wrestlernin the Indian contingent to Rio who can speak fluent English. She has completednGraduation and now pursuing M. A. (Physical Education) from DayanandnUniversity. Her aim is to train girls in various sports.
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nShe is also an employee of the Indian Railways.
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nSakshi is already going to get Crores of Rupees fromnthe Union Government, Haryana Government, Railway, JSW, and many othernorganizations.
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nBoyfriend of Sakshi Malik
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nIt should be noted that Sakshi’ parents werenridiculed in the locality for letting their daughters becoming a wrestler. Theynwere saying that Sakshi has become unwanted for good boys and it will bendifficult to find a ‘good husband’ for her. Now, they will surely be thinkingnabout the mockery they made out of themselves.
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nHowever, Sakshi never bothered about these outrageous criticism by an illiterate section of society. While taking training from noted coach Satyawan, Sakshi came into contact with Satyavrat who is the son of Satyawan.
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| Sakshi with boyfriend Satyvrat |
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nSakshi and Satyavrat Kadiyan are seeing each other for last three years. It should be noted that Satyavrat is also a wrestler and had won Silver medal in the last Commonwealth Game. They are going to marry soon. Needless to say, they are going to become a perfect couple.
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