Ashok KumarMalik (born 27 April 1989) [1] is an Indian para powerlifter from Haryana who qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris and finished sixth. [2] He won silver medals in the Para Powerlifting World Cup, in Egypt in March 2024 to clinch an Olympic berth for India. [3] [4]
Ashok is from Haryana. He did his graduation from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana. He trains under coach kinesiologist Tanvir Logani and Jitender Pal Singh is his national coach. [5] He was injured during the 2018 Asian Para Games where his radius and ulna bones were crushed and protruded out of his skin. [1]
Ashok won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China. He trained under coach JP Singh for Asian Games. [6] He won a gold medal at the Asia Oceania Para Powerlifting Championships 2022 at Pyeongtaek, South Korea in June 2022. [7]