Wrestler Sakshi Malik, 27, is known for her daring last-minute moves that saw her steal victory from the jaws of defeat to clinch a historic bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Trailing 0-5, she rallied to beat Asian champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan 8-5 in the bronze medal playoff at the quadrennial event in Brazil to become India's first female grappler to win an
Olympic medal.

However, in the last couple of years, she has picked up just bronze medals—one at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and one each at the Asian Championships in Bishkek (2018) and Xi'an (2019).