Deepa Malik is an Indian athlete. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a Silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the shot put. She has also won gold in F-53/54 Javelin event at the para athletic grand Prix held in Dubai in 2018. She is currently the world number one in the F-53 category. She has won accolades for her participation in various adventure sports. She is associated with Himalayan Motorsports Association and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India. She has undertaken an 8-day, 1,700-km drive in sub-zero temperatures which included a climb to. It was – Raid De Himalaya. This journey covers many difficult paths including remote Himalayas, Leh, Shimla and Jammu. She is a member of the working group in the formulation 12th five-year plan on sports and physical education as nominated by the Planning Commission HRD Division on behalf of the Sports Ministry. She is also the 'Clean India' brand ambassador for NMDC and expert consultant for Disability Inclusive Accessible Infrastructure for Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 'Smart Cities' project.
Achievements
Deepa Malik is the first Indian woman to win a Medal at the Paralympics. She won silver medal in the shot put at 2016 Paralympic Games. She was previously honored with the Arjuna award in 2012, at the age of 42 years. She has also been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2017. She created a New Asian Record in Asian Para Games 2018 and is the only Indian woman to win medals in 3 consecutive Asian Para Games. She has won 58 national & 23 International medals across all disciplines to date.
International participation & medals won
Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta 2018 | 2 Bronze Medals - 1 Bronze F53/F54 Category, 1 Bronze F51/52/53 Category
Paralympic Games 2016, Rio 2016 | Silver Medal - First Ever Indian Woman to win a Paralympic Medal
IPC Athletics World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2015 | Diploma –
Won Incheon Asian Para Games 2014 – Silver medal in women's 53–54 Javelin with a new Asian Record and has now qualified to be at IPC World Athletics Championship Doha 2015 to be held in Oct 2015
IPC 2nd China Open Athletics Championship Beijing 10–17 April 2014– Shot put F53-55 Gold
German open athletics championship Berlin 2013 – IPC Qualification event – Only women from India to earn qualification for IPC world athletics championship Lyon 2013
IPC World Athletics Championship, Lyon 2013 – Diploma Position
First Malaysian Open Athletics Championship April 2012 – Two Gold Medals – – New Official Asian Record In Javelin F-53 Women – Felicitated by Milkha Singh ji and P.T.Usha ji.
IWAS World Games Sharjah Dec-2011- Two Bronze Medals – Two New Asian Records
IPC World Athletics Championship Christchurch Jan 2011 – Silver Medal
IPC World Athletics Championship New Zealand 2011 – Only women para-athlete to qualify for the same *Commonwealth Games 2010 – Diploma Position – Shot Put
Para-Asian Games China Dec 2010 – Bronze Medal – First Ever Medal Won By A Woman Athlete at Asian Games
CP Sports Nottingham England Sep 2010 – Three Gold Medals – Shot-put, Discus, Javelin
IWAS World Games, India 2009– shot put- Bronze Medal
World Open Swimming Championship- Berlin 2008 – 10th Position S-5 Swimming Backstroke
IWAS World Games Taiwan- 2007 – Diploma Position – Javelin F53 Women
FESPIC Games Kuala Lumpur 2006 – 2ND Position S-5 Swimming Backstroke
Qualified B Level – Javelin Throw F-53 For Beijing Olympics 2008 – Felicitated By Mr Kapil Dev
National and State level medals : 51 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze
International medals- 23
Motor sports
Deepa Malik was the first person ever to receive a license for invalid rally vehicle, a case she consistently pursued for 19 months in Maharashtra. She is also the first physically challenged individual in the country to receive an official rally license from the Federation Motor Sports Club of India and become a navigator and driver in the toughest car rallies of the country- Raid-de-HIMALAYA 2009 and Desert Storm 2010. She had the honour of being the part of the grid and national anthem ceremony at the flag-off of Formula-1 race at Buddh international circuit, 2013. Her aim of joining motor sports is to spread awareness towards the fact that physically challenged individuals can obtain an official license and attain independence and self-reliance through driving. Deepa Malik has undertaken numerous rallies to promote this cause.
