Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling)
The girl from Haryana clinched a gold at the 2014 Common Wealth Games and settled for a silver at the Asian Games 2014 to announce herself on the world stage.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she was dubbed as India's best chance to bag a medal but she cruelly suffered a knee injury in the quarter-final. She was taken off on a stretcher and had to undergo a surgery.
It took her eight months and twenty-five days to complete her rehabilitation and gain full fitness. The girl from Haryana won a silver medal in the 55-kg class at the Asian Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi as she lost 8-4 to Sae Nanjo of Japan in the final.
Edited by Shraishth Jain