Bronze- Sakshi Malik (Wrestling)

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Sakshi Malik helped wrestling seal a place in the Indian sporting folklore by getting India, its first women’s wrestling Olympic medal at the 2016 edition. Malik qualified for her maiden Olympics at Rio in 2016, she was not considered a medal contender. Competing in the 58kg category, Malik defeated Asian champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the bronze-medal match.