Sonam Malik is a professional Indian female wrestler from Sonipat, Haryana. She represents India at the international level in the women’s 65 kg wrestling category. He won one gold medal at the National Games and two gold medals at the World Cadet Wrestling Championship. In April 2021, Sonam Malik became the youngest Indian freestyle female wrestler to qualify for the Olympics at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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Wiki/Biography
Sonam Malik was born on Monday, 15 April 2002 (age 21; as in 2023) in Madina village, Sonipat, Haryana. His zodiac sign is Aries. She joined the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Sports Complex in her village and received coaching under academy coach Ajmer Malik. Apart from her sports career, Sonam Malik is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree from All India Jat Heroes Memorial College, Rohtak.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Weight (Approx): 62 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Sonam Malik comes from a family of wrestlers. Her father, Rajinder Malik is a wrestler who has participated in many local tournaments, which inspired Sonam Malik to take up wrestling as a sport in her career. His mother’s name is Meena Malik. There is not much information about his siblings.
Sonam Malik’s mother Meena Malik
husband and children
He is unmarried.
Religion
Sonam Malik follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
Before joining the National School Games, Sonam Malik participated in several junior district and state competitions in Haryana. In 2016, Sonam Malik made her debut in wrestling matches at the National School Games and won her first national gold medal in wrestling. In 2017, he won three medals at the Cadet World Wrestling Championship, where he won a silver medal, a bronze medal and a gold medal at the Cadet World Wrestling Championship. He won the gold medal at the World School Sports Games 2017. In 2018 and 2019, he represented India and won bronze medals at the Cadet Asian Wrestling Championship. In 2020, she defeated 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik during the Asian Championship Trials in January 2020 and again during the Asian Olympic Qualifier Selection in February 2020. He represented India and won a silver medal at the 2022 World Junior Wrestling Championship event in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2022, he represented India at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate Sonam Malik for winning the bronze medal in the women’s wrestling 62 kg freestyle event at the Asian Games. It is written in the tweet,
Congratulations @OLYSonam For her outstanding bronze medal in the Women’s Wrestling 62 kg Freestyle event! Theirs is an unprecedented victory, marked by unmatched enthusiasm, passion and determination. I extend my best wishes to him for his future endeavours. pic.twitter.com/79RVPZCtSB
-Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 6 October 2023
Controversy
Indian Wrestling Federation has issued a notice against Sonam Malik
In 2023, the Wrestling Federation of India suspended Vinesh Phogat for indiscipline on three counts during the Tokyo Olympics 2023 and issued a warning notice for misconduct to Sonam Malik, who failed to get her passport before leaving for the Games. Took help from the organization. However, Sonam Malik apologized for the misbehavior while replying to the notice received from the national federation. WFI has confirmed,
Sonam has responded to the notice and promised that she will not do it again. The federation will take a decision on this matter soon.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
medal
Sleep
- He won the gold medal in 62 kg wrestling at the Cadet World Wrestling Championship 2017.
- He won the gold medal in 62 kg wrestling at the Cadet World Wrestling Championship 2018.
- She won another gold medal in 62 kg women’s freestyle wrestling at the Cadet World Wrestling Championships 2019 in Bhiwani.
silver
- Sonam Malik won silver medal in 67 kg wrestling national championship 2017.
- Sonam Malik is the silver medalist of the Junior World Championship 2022.
Sonam Malik with silver medal at Junior World Championships 2022
Brass
- He won a bronze medal in 62 kg wrestling at the Cadet Asian Wrestling Championships 2017.
- He won a bronze medal in 62 kg wrestling at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2018.
- She won a bronze medal in the 62 kg women’s freestyle wrestling category at the 2022 Asian Games.
Sonam Malik with her bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Games
Other
- In January 2020, Sonam Malik secured her spot at the Olympics by qualifying for the final in the Asian Olympic Qualifier tournament under the 62 kg women’s freestyle wrestling category.
- She was the winner of Bharat Kesari Dangal in 2022.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Sonam Malik lost the game against Pan-American champion Ana Godinez in the first round of the women’s 62kg freestyle wrestling category at the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Sonam Malik defeated two-time Asian silver medalist, Uzbekistan’s Ayulim Kasimova by a score of 8-0 in the qualification round of the World Wrestling Championship 2022.
- Sonam Malik suffered an injury on her right shoulder during a tournament in 2017. Due to this, his treatment continued for about one and a half years and he made a strong comeback in the World Cup trials in 2022. Her personal coach Ajmer Malik advised her to take complete rest, as he told about Sonam Malik’s health in an interview.
Sonam is still undergoing rehabilitation program at her home in Sonipat. Since she has still not fully recovered from the knee injury she suffered in April, she has not been training hard or competing. She was not able to keep her hand up. She was not able to hold anything with strength. The diagnosis was that the nerves in his shoulder were not transmitting any impulses that could cause damage. The doctor told her to forget about wrestling and think about how she would survive from there.
- In January 2023, Sonam Malik and her fellow wrestlers signed a complaint to the Indian Olympic Association against WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for mental and sexual harassment of young female wrestlers. Sonam Malik along with other wrestlers sat in front of Jantar Mantar to boycott the WFI President.
@PMOIndia @Amit Shah @ianuragthakur @PTUshaOfficial pic.twitter.com/yayk3uqjs3
– Bajrang Punia 🇮🇳 (@Bajrangpunia) 20 January 2023
at Jantar Mantar #botcottwfipresident #BoycottWrestlingPresident pic.twitter.com/RRQerhzVbf
– Sonam Malik (OLY) 🇮🇳 (@OLYSonam) 18 January 2023
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