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{{Short description|Indian para athlete}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}

'''Ashok Kumar''' '''Malik''' (born 27 April 1989)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Paris 2024 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/-ashok_2500982 |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=[[Paris 2024 Paralympics]]}} ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/-ashok_2500982 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/-ashok_2500982 alternate link 2])</ref> is an Indian para powerlifter from [[Haryana]] who qualified to represent India at the [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Summer Paralympics]] at [[Paris]] and finished sixth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paris Paralympics: Simran Sharma Finishes Last In Women's 100m Final, Powerlifter Ashok's Campaign Concludes Without Medal | Olympics News |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/paralympic-games-2024/paris-paralympics-simran-sharma-finishes-last-in-womens-100m-final-powerlifter-ashoks-campaign-concludes-without-medal-6500341 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref> He won silver medals in the Para Powerlifting World Cup, in Egypt in March 2024 to clinch an Olympic berth for India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=Para-powerlifters Ashok and Paramjeet Kumar secure berths for 2024 Paris Paralympics |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/sports/para-powerlifters-ashok-and-paramjeet-kumar-secure-berths-for-2024-paris-paralympics-866791 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-21 |title=Indian Powerlifters Ashok, Parmjeet Kumar Qualify For Paris Paralympics With Silver Medals |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/indian-powerlifters-ashok-parmjeet-kumar-qualify-for-paris-paralympics-2024-with-silver-medals-at-para-powerlifting-world-cup |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Outlook India |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-02 |title=How Tanvir Logani used kinesiology to finetune Indian para powerlifters — more on the holistic practice & applications - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/sports/how-tanvir-logani-used-kinesiology-to-finetune-indian-para-powerlifters--more-on-the-holistic-practice--applications-18957301.htm |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> He was injured during the [[2018 Asian Para Games]] where his radius and ulna bones were crushed and protruded out of his skin.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Ashok won a bronze medal at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]]. He trained under coach JP Singh for Asian Games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haryana powerlifter Ashok lifts bronze in Para Asian Games |url=https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=173260&headline=Haryana-powerlifter-Ashok--lifts-bronze-in-Para-Asian-Games |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=www.babushahi.com}}</ref> He won a gold medal at the Asia Oceania Para Powerlifting Championships 2022 at Pyeongtaek, South Korea in June 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-17 |title=India's Ashok Malik wins gold in Asia-Oceania Para Powerlifting Championships |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/indias-ashok-malik-wins-gold-in-asia-oceania-para-powerlifting-championships/articleshow/92282926.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

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GarnetWelton89 at 13:15, 1 May 2026