The Lifestory of Sakshi Malik

India woke up to beautiful, dazzling news last morning. Wrestler Sakshi Malik crushed Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova in Women's freesyle 58Kg wrestling, asserting India's first award at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

The 23-year-old from Haryana is the principal lady wrestler from India to sack an Olympic award and just fourth female competitor from the country to climb to the podium at the biggest sporting event in the world.

While wishes are pouring in from all over the place, all that Malik can consider at this moment are aloo parathas. "I need to go home and eat aloo parathas. I needed to keep up a strict eating routine and they could never serve those in the Olympics."

Directly after the match, when her mom called to inquire as to whether she was drained, the 23-year-old said that "no one feels tired in the wake of winning an award for country".

The Lifestory of Sakshi Malik

Born on September 3, 1992, in Rohtak, Haryana, Sakshi Malik has supportive guardians, Sudesh and Sukhbir, to thank for empowering her in her unusual profession decision.

The 23-year-old from Mokhra town started her training in wrestling as a 12-year-old under the direction of Ishwar Dahiya at an akhara in the Chotu Ram stadium. Her prepping was caused along by fighting a considerable measure of boys, in a district where the game was 'not for young ladies'. Indeed, Dahiya confronted dissents from local people when he encouraged Sakshi. Her mentor and she needed to face resistance from local people for having taken up a game "not meant for girls"

Overjoyed Indians

On this very auspicious day of Raksha Bandhan, Sakshi Malik, a daughter of India, wins a Bronze & makes all of us very proud. #Rio2016

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 18, 2016

Hearty Congratulations to #SakshiMalik for winning a medal in women's wrestling in #Rio2016 and doing India proud #PresidentMukherjee

— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) August 18, 2016

Sakshi aap ki tarif me jitna bola jae kam hoga garv he desh ko aap ke upr. Desh ki kusti ko ek alg pahchan mili h aaj. #JaiHind #ind

— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) August 17, 2016

The girls making us and our country proud !many congratulations to #SakshiMalik @Pvsindhu1 Jai hind ! Jai Bharat ��������

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) August 18, 2016

Past Career

2010: By the age of 18, she had tasted triumph at junior-level rivalries. She won a Bronze at the 2010 Junior World Championships in the 59-kg class.

2014: She first went to the worldwide spotlight in the wake of bringing home the Gold at the Dave Schultz International Wrestling Tournament (60-kg).

July-August 2014: Her expertise started with a silver decoration in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with two 4-0 bouts.

September 2014: She slammed out in the Quarterfinal at the World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent. In any case, not before beating her Senegalese rival 4-1 in the Round of 16.

May 2015: Then on to the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships in Doha, where she won the Bronze.

Awards after Rio Olympics 2016

• ₹2.5 crore (US$370,000) from the Government of Haryana, in addition to a state land grant.

• ₹60 lakh (US$89,000) from the Indian Railways, as her employer (₹50 lakh (US$74,000) for the medal, ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) for qualifying)

• ₹25 lakh (US$37,000) from the Government of Madhya Pradesh.

• ₹20 lakh (US$30,000) from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

• ₹20 lakh (US$30,000) from the Indian Olympic Association.

• ₹15 lakh (US$22,000) from the JSW Group.

• ₹5 lakh (US$7,400) from the International Fitness Festival.

• Rani Laxmi Bai Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with a prize of ₹3.11 lakh (US$4,600)

• Promotion from senior clerk in the Indian Railways to a gazetted officer rank