Sonam Malik is an Indian professional female wrestler from Sonipat, Haryana. She represents India in international women’s 65kg wrestling competition. She won one gold medal at the National Games and two gold medals at the World Junior Wrestling Championships. In April 2021, Sonam Malik became the youngest Indian female freestyle wrestler to qualify for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Wiki/Biography
Sonam Malik was born on Monday, April 15, 2002, in Madina village, Sonipat, Haryana (age 21; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Aries. She joined the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Sports Complex in the village and was coached by youth coach Ajmer Malik train. Apart from his sports career, Sonam Malik is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree from All India Jat Heroes Memorial College in Rohtak.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Weight (approximately): 62kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Sonam Malik comes from a family of wrestlers. Her father, Rajinder Malik, was a wrestler and participated in several local tournaments, which inspired Sonam Malik to choose wrestling as a sport during her career. Her mother’s name is Mena Malik. Not much information is available about her siblings.
Sonam Malik’s mother Meena Malik
husband and children
She is unmarried.
religion
Sonam Malik follows Hinduism.
Profession
Sonam Malik participated in several youth regional and state competitions in Haryana before taking part in the National School Games. In 2016, Sonam Malik made her debut in the National High School Games wrestling competition and won her first national wrestling gold medal. In 2017, she won three medals at the Junior World Wrestling Championships, including a silver, a bronze and a gold. She won a gold medal at the 2017 World School Games. In 2018 and 2019, she represented India and won bronze medals at the Asian Junior Wrestling Championships. In 2020, she defeated 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik in the Asian Championships trials in January 2020, and then defeated the 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik in the Asian Olympics qualifying trials in February 2020. Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik. She represented India and won a silver medal at the 2022 World Junior Wrestling Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2022, she 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 62kg freestyle category of women’s wrestling at the Asian Games. The tweet read,
Congratulations @OLYSonam In recognition of her outstanding bronze medal in the women’s wrestling 62kg freestyle competition! Her victory was extraordinary, filled with unparalleled enthusiasm, passion and determination. I send her my best wishes for her future endeavors. pic.twitter.com/79RVPZCtSB
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 6, 2023
dispute
Wrestling Federation of India issues notice against Sonam Malik
In 2023, the Wrestling Federation of India suspended Vinesh Phogat for three disciplinary offenses during the Tokyo Olympics in 2023 and issued a warning notice to Sonam Malik, who was in the SAI organization before heading to the Olympics Obtained a passport with assistance. However, Sonam Malik responded to the notice she received from the national federation, apologizing for the inappropriate behavior. WFI has confirmed that
Sonam has responded to the notice and promised not to repeat the same situation again. The federation will make a decision on the matter soon. ”
Awards, Honors, Achievements
medal
gold
- She won the 62kg wrestling gold medal at the 2017 Junior World Wrestling Championships.
- She won the gold medal in the 62kg category at the 2018 Junior World Wrestling Championships.
- She again won the gold medal in women’s freestyle wrestling in the 62 kg category at the 2019 Junior World Wrestling Championships in Bhiwani.
silver
- Sonam Malik won the silver medal in the 67kg category at the 2017 National Wrestling Championships.
- Sonam Malik is the 2022 Junior World Championship silver medalist.
Sonam Malik wins silver medal at World Junior Championship 2022
bronze
- She won a bronze medal in the 62kg category at the 2017 Asian Youth Wrestling Championships.
- She won a bronze medal in the 62kg category at the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships.
- She won the bronze medal in the women’s freestyle wrestling 62kg category at the 2022 Asian Games.
Sonam Malik wins bronze medal at Asian Games 2022
others
- In January 2020, Sonam Malik qualified for the women’s freestyle wrestling 62kg finals in the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament.
- She is the winner of Bharat Kesari Dangal 2022.
Facts/Trivia
- Sonam Malik lost to Pan American champion Ana Godinez in the first round of the women’s 62kg freestyle wrestling category at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
- In the 2022 World Wrestling Championship qualifying match, Sonam Malik defeated two-time Asian silver medalist Ayulin Kasimova of Uzbekistan 8-0.
- In 2017, Sonam Malik injured his right shoulder during a match. So, her treatment lasted about a year and a half, and she made a big comeback in the 2022 WC trials. Her personal trainer Ajmer Malik mentioned Sonam Malik’s health condition in an interview and advised her to get enough rest,
Sonam is still undergoing rehabilitation at her home in Sonepat. She hasn’t been training hard or competing because she hasn’t fully recovered from a knee injury she suffered in April. She couldn’t raise her arms. She couldn’t hold on to anything with any strength. The diagnosis was that the nerves in her shoulder were not transmitting any harmful impulses at all. Doctors told her to forget about the fall and think about how she would live from now on. ”
- In January 2023, Sonam Malik and her fellow wrestlers signed a complaint to the Indian Olympic Association against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh ) mentally and sexually harassed young female wrestlers. Sonam Malik and other wrestlers boycotted WFI chief by sitting in front of Jantar Mantar.
@PMOIndia @amitshah @ianuragthakur @PTUshaOfficial pic.twitter.com/yayk3uqjs3
— Bajrang Punia 🇮🇳 (@BajrangPunia) January 20, 2023
At Jantar Mantar #BotcottWFIPresident #boycottwrestlingpresident pic.twitter.com/RRQerhzVbf
— Sonam Malik (OLY) 🇮🇳 (@OLYSonam) January 18, 2023
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