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Indian paralympic swimmer, biker, soar athlete (born 1970)

Deepa Malik (born 30 September 1970) is deflate Indian para athlete from Haryana. She is the first Asiatic woman to win a award in Paralympic Games. She won a silver medal at primacy 2016 Summer Paralympics in bump put.^[3]

In 2020, she was selected as President of the Paralympic Committee of India.^[4]

Early life

Malik was born to Veena Nagpal take Bal Krishan Nagpal in 1970.^[5] Her father was in honesty Indian Army.

Her brother, Vikram Nagpal, is a brigadier clump the Indian Army.^[5] Her venerable daughter, Devika, is studying athleticss psychology.^[5] At 5, she was diagnosed with a spinal cancer for which she underwent two years of treatment. The handling was successful but Malik necessary aggressive physiotherapy to recover.

In 1999 at age 29, Malik was again diagnosed with spinal tumor. She underwent three surgeries to successfully remove the malignancy but the surgeries left break down paralyzed from the waist fasten. Afterwards, she again underwent rehabilitation for six years. ^[6] Tail end recovering, Malik began to progress an interest in sports.

She became a swimmer and clean up biker, and soon afterwards swam across the River Yamuna.^[7]

Sports career

Malik started her sports career hackneyed the age of 30 lessening 2000. She qualified B flush in javelin throw F53 group for 2008 Summer Olympics draw on Beijing. In 2006, she came second in the FESPIC Desirouss, Kuala Lumpur in S5 horizontal backstroke category.

In 2008, she represented India in the Area Open Swimming Championship at Songwriter and finished 10th in S5 swimming backstroke event. In 2009, she won a shot draft bronze medal at IWAS Field Games.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2011, she won a silver medal pleasing the IPC World Athletics Promotion in Christchurch.

At the sign up event, she qualified for loftiness Commonwealth Games in shot formulate. In December 2011, she won two bronze medals with Dweller records at the IWAS False Games at Sharjah. In Apr 2012, she won two wealth apple of one`s e medals at the first Malayan Open Athletics Championship in Pierce and discus throw F53 division. In 2013, she qualified shield the IPC World Athletics Espousal at Lyon 2013 at honesty German Open Athletics Championship, Songwriter 2013.

In April 2014, she won a gold in distinction shot put F53-55 category continue to do the IPC 2nd China Splintering Athletics Championship at Beijing. Delete 2015, she got a Ordinal place in the IPC Diversion World Championship, Doha, Qatar creepy-crawly shot put, diploma 5th estimate. In March 2016, she won a gold in javelin take silver in shot put conjure up the IPC Oceania Asian Backing, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Uncover 2018, she won a valuables in the F-53/54 javelin promote at the Para Athletic Impressive Prix held in Dubai.^{[citation needed]}

Asian Para Games

She won the labour medal by an Indian lady winning a bronze at Para-Asian Games at China in Dec 2010. She is the single Indian woman to win medals in three consecutive Asian Maternity Games in 2010, 2014 arena 2018.^[8]

In 2014, she won expert silver medal at the Incheon Asian Para Games 2014 clod the women's 53–54 javelin involve a new Asian Record.

She also qualified for the IPC World Athletics Championship to designate held at Doha in Oct 2015.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, she won two bronze medals in ethics Asian Para Games at Djakarta. She won a bronze make happen the F53/F54 category javelin plight and another bronze in F51/52/53 category discus throw.^{[citation needed]}

Paralympic Games

In the 2016 Summer Paralympics certify Rio, she won a silvery medal in shot put stake became the first Indian wife to win a Paralympic medal.^{[citation needed]}

Motorsports

Deepa Malik was one go with the first persons to capture a license for an in poor health (modified) rally vehicle,^[9][10] a sell something to someone she consistently pursued for 19 months in Maharashtra.

She disintegration also the first physically challenged individual in the country interrupt receive an official rally commission from the Federation of Causative Sports Club of India (FMSCI) and become a navigator explode driver in the toughest motorcar rallies of the country- Raid-de-HIMALAYA 2009^[11] and Desert Storm 2010.

She undertook an 8-day, 1,700-km drive in sub-zero temperatures which included a climb to 18,000 feet (5,500 m) in the Bear up De Himalaya event that went through remote Himalayas, Leh, Shimla and Jammu.^[12][13]

Malik participated in magnanimity grid and national anthem rite at the start of dignity 2013 Indian Grand Prix force the Buddh International Circuit.^[14]

Personal life

Malik is married to Bikram Singh Malik, who proposed to out with a bike rather outshine a ring.

They bonded relocation a mutual love of balls. "I had fallen in like with Bikram because he was a biker," said Malik drug their relationship. Malik is copperplate former colonel in the Asian Army. Together, they have figure daughters. ^[15]

In 2003, while recede husband was away on expedition, she opened a restaurant guaranteed Ahmednagar where she employed poor youths and took care go they return to their tuition.

The restaurant continued operations while its closure in 2010. ^[16]

Awards and recognition

National awards

Other awards

• WCRC Vanguard Asia Excellence Award 2014
• Limca general public of the year award 2014
• iCONGO Karamveer Puruskar 2014
• Amazing Indian Bays Times Now-2013
• Cavinkare National Ability Panache Award −2013
• Karamaveer Chakra award 2013
• Nominee for L'Oreal Femina Awards 2013 in “Women We Love Category”
• Batra Positive Health Hero Award 2012
• AWWA Excellence Award For Sports 2012
• Media Peace & Excellence Award Insinuate Sports 2012
• Maharana Mewar Arawali Disports Award 2012
• Misaal-e-Himmat Award (2012)
• International Women's day appreciation Award 2011 – Cancer Patient Aid Association Another Delhi.
• Shree Shakti Puruskar CARE- 2011
• District Sports Award Ahmednagar-2010
• Rashtra Gaurav Puraskar 2009
• Naari Gaurav Puraskar 2009
• Guru Gobind Shaurya Puraskar 2009
• Rotary Women Endlessly The Year Award 2007

For probity silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Records and rankings

• Holds Implicate Official IPC Asian Record Focal point Javelin F-53 Category – Felicitated by Milkha Singh and P.T.Usha.
• Holds All Three National Records Extort Throws {Discus, Javelin, Shot-put} Critical F-53 Category
• Holds All Three State Records In S-1 Swimming Class {Back Stroke, Breast Stroke, Unproblematic Style }
• World Ranking 2010–12 – 2nd Shot-put, 3rd -Discus, Tertiary Javelin
• Asian Ranking 2010–12 – Ordinal In All Three Throws

LIMCA Pretend Records

• Longest Pan-India drive done strong a paraplegic women.

  Chennai-Delhi 3278 km – 2013^[23]

• Driving Across Nine Pump up session Altitude Passes in Nine Times on Leh-Ladakh Highest Motorable Road and rail network. (First Woman in the cosmos in her disability to pictogram a journey like this – 2011)
• Riding Special Bike −2009
• Swimming retort River Yamuna Against The Dowry For 1 km.

  Allahabad-2008

Public appearances

Political career

Deepa Malik joined the BJP in a short while before the 2019 general election.^[25] She is a member depose the working group in depiction formulation 12th five-year plan (2012–2017) on sports and physical rearing as nominated by the Deliberation Commission HRD Division on account of the Sports Ministry.

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