Hailing from village of Mokhra in the Rohtak district of Haryana, Sakshi Malik was inspired to take up the sport after watching her grandfather Subir Malik, who was also a wrestler. Sakshi has won many national and international accolades, but winning a bronze in Olympics is indeed her biggest achievement. Through her 2016 Olympics win, she changed perceptions and became a role model to future generations of female wrestlers. Watch more in this video.

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(Video by Ruby Cordeiro)

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