Sumit Malik (born 9 January 1993) is a freestyle wrestler from India who competes in 125 kg category. He was gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He has also been silver medalist at both the Asian Wrestling Championships and the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 2017.
 Malik (left) receiving the Arjuna Award in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1993 Karor village, Rohtak district, Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 14 April 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In July 2021, Malik was handed a two year ban by United World Wrestling for failing a dope test.[1][2]
Early life and career
editMalik was born on 9 January 1993 in Karor village of Haryana's Rohtak district. His mother died when he was young, after which his maternal grandparents took him to his maternal home in Delhi. There his maternal uncle was a wrestler in Chhatrasal Stadium, from whom he got inspiration to become wrestler. He has been training at Chhatrasal Stadium since the age of 13.[3][4][5][6]
Malik's first bout at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships was in quarterfinals where he defeated Japan's Taiki Yamamoto by 6–3. After winning his next bout against Tajikistan's Farkhod Anakulov by 7–2, he lost in the final to Iran's Yadollah Mohebbi by 6–2.[6] Later in the year, he participated in the 2017 World Wrestling Championships, where he lost in the opening bout to Russia's Anzor Khizriev. As Khizriev did not become finalist, Malik did not get another chance to make comeback via repechage.[7] In November, he won 2017 National wrestling championships after defeating Hitender in the final.[8] Whereas he lost to Hitender in the final of the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in the next month.[9]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Malik won his opening bout of Nordic format after injured Claude Kouamen Mbianga forfeited it. After the closely fought victory against Canada's Korey Jarvis in the second bout by a margin of 6–4, Malik registered comfortable win against Pakistan's Tayab Raza with a score of 10–4. In the last bout, Malik received second walkover of the match when injured Sinivie Boltic forfeited it, thereby winning the title.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Wrestler Sumit Malik handed 2-year ban after B sample also fails dope test". India Today. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Wrestler Sumit Malik handed two-year doping ban, India lose Olympic quota". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Sumit, Sumit (IND)". Institut für Angewandte Trainingswissenschaft (IAT). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ Sahu, Pardeep (14 April 2018). मेडलों की बहार, हरियाणा के खिलाड़ियों ने कर दी बौछार. Dainik Tribune (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Bharadwaj, Deepak (14 April 2018). गोल्ड कोस्ट में पहलवान सुमित मलिक ने जीता गोल्ड, पैतृक गांव में खुशी का माहौल. Punjab Kesari (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ a b Vasavda, Mihir (15 May 2017). "Sumit Malik back from the brink, wins silver at Asian Wrestling Championship". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "India continue dismal run at World Wrestling Championships". The Indian Express. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Mausam Khatri, Amit Dhankar win gold medal at National Wrestling championship". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India (PTI). 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Wrestling Championships 2017: Sushil Kumar, Sakshi Malik win gold Johannesburg". The Financial Express. PTI. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Sumit, Vinesh win CWG titles (Wrestling Roundup)". Business Standard. Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). 14 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: India's quest for gold continues, wrestler Sumit Malik claims 125kg gold". The Financial Express. PTI. 14 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.