Anshu Malik
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | , Jind district, Haryana, India | 5 August 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Chaudhary Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School, Nidani, Jind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anshu Malik (born 5 August 2001) is an Indian freestyle wrestler.
Career[]
Anshu won gold in the 60 kg category of the Cadet Wrestling Championships.[1][2][3]
In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the 57 kg event at the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships held in New Delhi, India.[4] In the same year, she won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5][6]
In Asian Wrestling Championships 2021, Malik bagged Gold along with the likes of Vinesh Phogat and Divya Kakran.[7]
Personal life[]
She comes from a family of wrestlers. She trains under coach Jagdeesh at the Chaudhary Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School in Nidani. Anshu's father Dharamvir Malik, was an international wrestler himself and worked with the CISF.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "After a 'double' over the Japanese, Anshu Malik sets her sights on Tokyo 2020". ESPN. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "India's Anshu Malik grabs silver at Wrestling World Cup". The Times of India. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Wrestlers Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik qualify for Tokyo Olympics; door shut on Sakshi Malik". The Times of India. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "2020 Asian Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (16 December 2020). "Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Asian Wrestling Championships: Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik and Divya Kakran win gold medals". India Today. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
External links[]
- Anshu Malik at Olympedia
- Anshu Malik at United World Wrestling
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Indian female sport wrestlers
- Sport wrestlers from Haryana
- People from Jind district
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of India