Anshu Malik Wrestler Biography: Achievements, Personal Life, Family, Unknown Facts & Social Media

Anshu Malik Wrestler Biography

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Name Anshu Malik
Nickname Anu
Profession Wrestler
Birthplace Nidani, Haryana
Date of Birth 5th August 2001
Age 21 years old (as of 2022)
Nationality Indian
Religion Hindu
Fathers Name Dharamveer Malik
Mothers Name Neelam Malik
Category 68 kg
Marital Status Single
Height 5’7 ft
Weight 65 kgs
Siblings Shubham Malik

Anshu Malik Early Life:

Anshu Malik is an Indian freestyler wrestler and was born on 5th August, 2001 in Nidani village, district Haryana. Anshu Malik completed her higher education from Chaudhary Bharat Singh Memorial School.

Anshu Malik Professional Life:

Hailing from Haryana, Freestyle Wrestler, Anshu Malik is an Indian wrestler who represents India in international tournaments. To date, Wrestler Anshu Malik has won 14 medals in her 17 games.

Anshu Malik’ father saw the hard work ethics and determation for wrestling and decided to train anshu under the legendary Indian coach, Jagdish Sheoren who gave india more than 20 international wrestler who have represented india.

Anshu Malik gained the limelight when she clinched a Silver medal in World Championship held in Oslo. She also became the first female wrestler to achieve these feet in the tournament.

Other than that, Babita Phoghat, Geeta Phoghat, Pooja Dhanda, and Vignesh Phogat have won the bronze medal but Anshu was the first wrestler to win the silver medal, Although, She lost to America Olympic Athletes 4-1 in her gold medal.

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Anshu Malik Family:

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From the very starting, Anshu Malik belonged to wrestler family. Anshu Malik father name was Dharamveer Malik and her mother name is Neelam Malik. Both the parents were former wrestlers. Anshu father is a former grapplers and have also represented Indian in World Cadet Wrestling Championship in 1995. 

Anshu Malik’s Uncle, Pawan Malik was a South Asian Games Gold-Medallist. Anshu have one sibling, Shubham Malik and he’s also a national level wrestler.

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Anshu Malik Records and Achievements:

  • In World Cadet Championship held in Georgia. Anshu Malik won a bronze medal in the 60kg category.
  • In 2017, Anshu Malik won a Gold medal in World Cadet Championship in the 60 kg category.
  • In 2018, Freestyler wrestler Anshu Malik won the bronze medal in the World Junior wrestling championship held in Slovakia.

Anshu Malik Controversy:

Anshu Malik Unknown Facts:

  • Indian Freestyler wrestler, Anshu Malik created history after becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the World Championship final. Anshu Malik defeated Junior European Champion Solomiia Vynnyk.
  • Anshu Malik became the only sixth Indian Wrestler ever to make the World Championships gold medal match, after Bishambar Singh (1967), Sushil Kumar (2010), Amit Dahiya (2013), Bajrang Punia (2018), and Deepak Punia (2019).

Anshu Malik Social Media:

Anshu Malik Facebook: NA

Anshu Malik Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshumalik57___/?hl=en

Anshu Malik Twitter: https://twitter.com/OLyAnshu?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Anshu Malik Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anshu_Malik