Naveen Malik is an Indian freestyle wrestler. He is from pugthala village in Sonipat district of Haryana. He participated in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal in the men’s freestyle 74 kg. He defeated Muhammad Tahir who was awarded the silver medal in the final match for which the score was 9-0.
Commonwealth game 2022: Recently, He won Gold medal in Men’s 74kg freestyle at CWG 2022
Info:
Nationality: Indian
State: Haryana
Religion: Hindu
Cast: Jaat
Father: Dharampal
Elder Brother: Praveen
Naveen Kumar Malik of Sonepat (Haryana) has won gold in Commonwealth Games at the age of 19. He got emotional after winning the gold on Saturday and started singing Jana Gun Mana along with the national anthem during the ceremony.
Naveen Malik was not a popular wrestler like Haryana’s Bajrang Punia or Ravi Dahiya as the whole world knows. After winning the gold, sports lovers searched the biography of Naveen on the internet and there was nothing about him. In fact his face was far beyond the media and the crowd of wrestling lovers.
Havildar from sports quota in Navy
Naveen is a resident of Pugathala (Sonipat). Father Dharampal Malik is a small farmer. He has 3 acres of land. Naveen’s elder brother Praveen Malik is also a wrestler. At present, both are constables in the Navy from sports quota. The son who grew up after the struggle and hard work of his father became Kundan. If father Dharampal Malik did not leave the field amidst the heat of the sun and the rain, then the sons also understood this austerity of the father and never wavered from the path of their goal.
Naveen started fighting at the age of 4
Dharmapala Malik of Pugathala was fond of wrestling. Both his sons started to burn them at a young age. With the help of the villagers of the village, Dharampal built an arena in the village. Naveen Malik wore a nappy only at the age of 3 years. His elder brother Praveen was then 9 years old. Father tells that Naveen started fighting at the age of 4. When Naveen and Praveen grew up a little, the expenses of wrestling increased, but then 3 acres of farming does not grow enough crops to meet the needs of the family.
Milk and ghee delivered every morning for 9 years
Dharampal Malik had decided that he would die only by making both the sons wrestlers. The father made many compromises with his wishes and facilities, but never backed down on the sons’ game. When the sons entered the playground, there were all kinds of disruptions including financial troubles. It was not easy for a farmer father to bear it, but he did not give up. Dharampal Malik continued to deliver milk and Dhee every morning at 5 am in the arena for 9 consecutive years. This struggle eventually led the sons to a position in sports. Every morning his journey to the arena stopped when both sons became constables in the Navy from sports quota.
74 KG Weight Category Player
Naveen Kumar did not quit wrestling even after joining the Navy. He was determined to fulfill his father’s dream. Naveen gave trials in the 74 category before the Commonwealth Games after winning junior gold, gold in under-23, silver in Mongolia. He won gold and got a Commonwealth ticket. In his very first Commonwealth game, Naveen raised the flag by taking gold.
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