Deepa Malik Facts, Images, Biography & Wiki

Deepa Malik is an Indian athlete born in a Hindu Jat family in Sonipat. She won a Silver medal at the Rio Paralympics in 2016 and became the first Indian woman to win a paralympic medal. She has won accolades for her participation in various adventure sports.

Personal information

Full name : Deepa Malik

Date of Birth : 30 September 1970

Place Of Birth : Bhaiswal, Sonipat district, Haryana, India

Residence : New Delhi

Facts About Deepa Malik

1. Deepa malik won a silver medal in shot-put in Rio, which made her the first indian woman to win a medal at Paralympics.

2. Deepa was detected with a tumour in her spinal cord at the age of six. Her recovery took three years.

3. Deepa is the wife of a veteran cavalier colonel Bikram Singh and has two daughters – Devika and Ambika.

4. While her husband was in Kargil in 1999, her tumor relapsed and following her surgery, she was in coma for 25 days. The spinal tumor had to be operated and 31 surgeries were conducted on Deepa which was healed after 183 stitches between her waist and legs

5. Being an avid traveller, Deepa is the first person ever to receive a license for invalid (modified) rally vehicle.

6. Deepa is also the first physically challenged person in India to receive an official rally license from federation motor sports club of India (FMSCI).

7. She joined the Himalayan Motorsports Association (H.M.A.) and Federation of Motor sports Clubs of India (F.M.S.C.I.). She biked 1,700 km in eight days in sub-zero temperatures, sustaining herself in extreme climates with oxygen shortage at an altitude of 18,000 feet.

Deepa Malik

8. She has 54 national medals (47 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze) and 13 international medals in various sports including swimming, javelin throw and shot put.

9. She holds 4 limca world records, including one for swimming against the current in river Yamuna for one kilometre in 2008.

4 LIMCA World Records Deepa malik — 4 LIMCA World Records

10. She has almost 200 stitches between her shoulder blades and experiences no sensation below her chest. However, that hasn’t stopped her from competing in numerous car and bike rallies.

11. She donned the hat of an entrepreneur when she started a take-out catering service in the army quarters that eventually turned into a popular garden restaurant, feeding over 250 people everyday.

12. Deepa won the Arjuna award in 2012 for her performance in swimming. She is the oldest Arjuna awardee to be active in sport.

deepa malik arjuna award — Deepa Malik Arjuna Award

Awards :

President Role Model Award 2014

WCRC Leaders Asia Excellence Award 2014

Limca people of the year award 2014

iCONGO Karamveer Puruskar 2014

Amazing Indian Awards Times Now-2013

Cavinkare National Abiity Mastery Award -2013

Karamaveer Chakra award 2013

Nominee for Loreal Femina Awards 2013 in “Women We Love Category” along with MC Mary Kom, Sridevi and VidyaBalan.

Arjuna Award 2012

Batra Positive Health Hero Award 2012

AWWA Excellence Award For Sports 2012

Media Peace & Excellence Award For Sports 2012

Maharana Mewar Arawali Sports Award 2012

Misaal-e-Himmat Award Presented By Flying Sikh Milkha Singh & Padmashri PT Usha-2012

Maharashtra Chatrapathi award (sports) 2009-10

Haryana Karambhoomi Award 2008

Swawlamban Puruskar Maharashtra 2006

Records And Rankings

Holds An Official IPC Asian Record In Javelin F-53 Category – Felicitated by Milkha Singh and P.T.Usha.

She holds All Three National Records In Throws Discuss, Javelin, Shot-put In F-53 Category

Holds All Three National Records In S-1 Swimming Category Back Stroke, Breast Stroke, Free Style

World Ranking 2010-12 – 2nd Shot-put, 3rd -Discus, 3rd Javelin

Asian Ranking 2010-12 – 1st In All Three Throws

4 LIMCA World Records

Longest pan-india drive done by a paraplegic women. Chennai-Delhi 3278 km – 2013

Driving Across Nine High Altitude Passes in Nine Days on Leh-Ladhakh Highest Motorable Roads. (First Woman in the world in her disability to attempt a journey like this – 2011)