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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian para athlete}}<br />
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| name = Arvind Malik<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|06|14}}<br />
| birth_place = Haryana, India<br />
| country = India<br />
| sport = Para-athletics<br />
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| coach = Surender<br />
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalSport|Men's shot put}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|Asia Oceania Championship}}<br />
{{MedalGold|2016 Dubai|Discus - F37}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|2016 Dubai|Javelin - F37}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|IWAS World Games}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|2022 Portugal|Shotput - F35}}<br />
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'''Arvind Malik''' (born 14 June 1993) is an Indian para athlete from [[Haryana]]. He competes in the shot put F35 category. He qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] at [[Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/paris-paralympics-2024/news/paris-2024-india-paralympics-contingent-full-list-of-84-indian-athletes-qualified-sports-ministry-paralympic-games-news/article68512627.ece |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Malik is from Haryana, India. Hit by a cricket ball on his head at the age of 9, he suffered an injury that was diagnosed with neural damage which paralyzed his left leg. His younger brother, a hammer throw athlete, encouraged him to take up para throws. He started with discus throw but later shifted to shot put.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Success of Indian Para athletes deserves more attention: Shot putter Arvind Malik |url=https://www.news9live.com/sports/athletics/success-of-indian-para-athletes-deserves-more-attention-shot-putter-arvind-malik-195898 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=News9live |language=en-US}}</ref> He is currently supported by [[Olympic Gold Quest]], a sports NGO.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Malik finished 7th at the delayed [[2020 Tokyo Paralympics]] in the men's shot put F35 event with a best throw of 13.48m in a field of eight throwers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-09-02 |title=Tokyo Paralympics: Arvind ends 7th in men's shot put F35 event |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-paralympics/tokyo-paralympics-indias-arvind-finishes-7th-in-mens-shot-put-f35-event/articleshow/85866404.cms |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He took part in the [[2018 Asian Para Games]]. A few months before the Asiad, he shifted from F37 category to F35, where throwers use standing position, but still finished fifth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-26 |title=Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Full list of 54 Indian competitors |url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/32075876/tokyo-paralympics-2021-india-athletes-contingent-names-events-bio |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><br />
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