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{{Infobox athlete<br />
| name = Amiya Kumar Mallick<br />
| image = Amiya Kumar Mallick Of India In Action.jpg<br />
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| caption = Mallick at the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] in Bhubaneswar<br />
| country = {{IND}}<br />
| sport = [[Track and field]]<br />
| event = [[100 metres]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|11|14}}<br />
| birth_place = Olansh, [[Cuttack district]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
| height=<br />
| weight=<br />
| pb = '''100m''': 10.26 s (New Delhi 2016) '''[[List of Indian records in athletics|NR]]'''<br>'''200m''': 21.03 s (Bhubaneswar 2017)<br />
}}<br />
'''Amiya Kumar Mallick''' (born 14 November 1992) is an Indian [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who holds the [[100 metres]] [[List of Indian records in athletics #Outdoor|national record]] of 10.26 seconds.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Mallick was born on 14 November 1992 in Olansh, [[Cuttack district]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]. His father works in [[Bhubaneswar]] as a section officer in the education department of the state government and his mother is a housewife. As of 2016, Mallick is pursuing an [[MBA]] at the [[KIIT University]] in Bhubaneswar.<ref name=bstd>{{cite news|title=Sprinter Amiya Mallick on strict diet before Jamaican sojourn|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/sprinter-amiya-mallick-on-strict-diet-before-jamaican-sojourn-interview-114011200492_1.html|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=Business Standard|date=12 January 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Mallick won the silver medal in 100 metres at the 2006 Junior Asian Meet in Colombo and bronze in [[Athletics at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|200 metres at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games]], clocking 21.33 seconds. In October 2011, he suffered a left [[quadriceps tendon rupture|quadricep injury]] which left him bed-ridden for six months after which he had to use crutches to walk.<ref name=spdbrkr>{{cite news|last1=Koshie|first1=Nihal|title=Sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick hits a speed breaker|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/sprinter-amiya-kumar-mallick-hits-a-speed-breaker-federation-cup-2775339/|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=28 April 2016}}</ref> He returned to sprinting in December 2012,<ref name=bstd/> while his doctors told him that it will not be possible for him to match his previous timings.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Das|first1=Tanmay|title=Rest can wait for India’s fastest man on 10-second hunt|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2017/jul/07/rest-can-wait-for-indias-fastest-man-on-10-second-hunt-1625351.html|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=The New Indian Express|date=7 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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Mallick came into limelight after winning gold medal at the National Open Athletics Championships at Ranchi in 2013 by recording 21.22 seconds. In 2014, he trained for four months under [[Glen Mills]], who coached [[Usain Bolt]] and [[Yohan Blake]], at the [[Racers Track Club]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]. The training which costed {{INR}}16 lakh was funded by his father, the state association and some sponsors, and helped him change his running technique.<ref name=slice>{{cite news|last1=Rayan|first1=Stan|title=India’s fastest man eyes a slice of history|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/indias-fastest-man-eyes-a-slice-of-history/article19326866.ece|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=The Hindu|date=21 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Orissa sprinter Amiya Mallick to train under Usain Bolt's coach|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/orissa-sprinter-amiya-mallick-to-train-under-usain-bolts-coach-660287.html|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=News18|date=7 January 2014}}</ref><br />
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Mallick set the national 100 metres record on 28 April 2016 during the semifinals of the National Federation Cup in New Delhi, running 10.26 seconds. He bettered the previous national record of 10.30 seconds jointly held by [[Anil Kumar Prakash]] (2005) and [[Abdul Najeeb Qureshi]] (2010). Having clocked 10.35 seconds during the heats of the same event, Mallick suffered a hamstring strain during the semifinal. He ran the final with his thigh heavily strapped and finished fourth with a timing of 10.51.<ref name=spdbrkr/><br />
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At the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] in Bhubaneswar, Mallick was disqualified from the 100 metres semifinals because of a false start. He was part of the 4 × 100 metres relay team which was also disqualified in the heats due to a baton exchange infraction by himself.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian men’s 4x100m relay team disqualified for crossing lane|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/indian-mens-4x100m-relay-team-disqualified-for-crossing-lane/article19231493.ece|accessdate=3 December 2017|work=The Hindu|date=7 July 2017}}</ref> He qualified for the final of the 200 metres event in which he finished with a personal best time of 21.03 seconds.<ref name=slice/><br />
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[[Category:1992 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Cuttack district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male sprinters]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Odisha]]<br />
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