Sakshi Malik, born 3 September 1992 in Mokhra village, Rohtak district, Haryana, became India's first female wrestler to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze in the women's 58 kg freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Her Parents

Father: Sukhbir Malik — bus conductor with Delhi Transport Corporation.

Mother: Sudesh Malik — supervisor in the Health Department, Rohtak.

Her Brother

Sachin Malik — younger brother.

Her Husband: Satyawart Kadyan

Satyawart Kadyan, born around 1990, is a fellow Indian wrestler (former Asian-level competitor). They married on 2 April 2017. They have a son, born around 2023.

Her Path

Sakshi grew up watching her grandfather Badhlu Ram, who was a wrestler in pre-Independence Haryana. She began wrestling at 12 at the Chhotu Ram Stadium, Rohtak under coach Ishwar Singh Dahiya.

The Malik Family Tree at a Glance

Grandfather: Badhlu Ram — pre-Independence Haryana wrestler.

Father: Sukhbir Malik — DTC bus conductor.

Mother: Sudesh Malik — Health Department supervisor.

Brother: Sachin Malik.

Husband: Satyawart Kadyan — wrestler; married 2 April 2017.

Son: Born around 2023.

Sakshi Malik:

  • Born 3 September 1992, Mokhra, Rohtak, Haryana
  • BD School, Rohtak; Maharshi Dayanand University (MA Physical Education, 2014)
  • 2014 Commonwealth Games silver; 2015 Asian Wrestling Championships bronze
  • Rio Olympics 2016 — bronze (women's 58 kg freestyle)
  • 2022 Commonwealth Games gold
  • Retired from active competition in December 2023 in protest against the Wrestling Federation of India leadership
  • Padma Shri (2017); Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2016); Arjuna Award (2016)

What the Malik Family Story Teaches Us

A grandfather who wrestled in pre-Independence Haryana. A bus-conductor father and a health-department mother. A younger brother. A wrestler husband. A son born in the next generation. A family in which one generation's grandfather and great-granddaughter both wrestled — separated by 80 years.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Sakshi Malik story carries the same lesson. Sporting traditions sometimes skip a generation. Write down what each generation actually did with the family's earlier traditions. Some carried them forward; some did not.

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