Priya Malik wins Gold medal at 2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan

Indian grappler Priya Malik won Gold medal at the 2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan. Priya became just the second woman wrestler from India to be crowned U20 world championship.

Antim Panghal had been the first woman from India to win a junior world title in wrestling at last year's edition. Priya Mallik , beat Laura Celine Kuehn of Germany by 5-0 in the women's 76kg freestyle wrestling final. In a true stamp of authority, Priya went the whole tournament without conceding a single point in any of her matches.

Priya has now won both the U17 2021,and 2022 and U20 world titles in her short but promising career.