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Inspirational Deepa Malik story and how she overcome her difficulties.
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sources:https://deepamalikblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/deepa-malik-big-inspiration-deepa-malik.htsources:https://deepamalikblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/deepa-malik-big-inspiration-deepa-malik.ht ml DEEPA MALIK : A Big Inspiration Deepa Malik born on 30th Sept. 1970 in Sonipat, Haryana, India but lived in Gurgaon is a sportsperson and a very big inspiration to all youth and physically challenged persons. In 1999, Deepa Malik suffered a very big disease which affected her throughout her life called as spinal tumor and became paralyzed from her waist down. She had 3 surgeries and got 183 stitches and it made her walking impossible and ultimately she came on the wheelchair. She participated in the paralympics and surprisingly won silver medal and became the first Indian woman to win a medal in paralympics in the shot
put. She won her first medal in 2009 but firstly she came into highlight through her swimming talent. Achievements: 1. National and state levels: 51 Gold, 5 silver, 2 Bronze 2. International levels- total 23 3. And some other local levels medals 4. She was the first physically challenged person to receive a license by FMSCI, a rally. 5. As she is always interested in motor sports, she participates in the rally and made Limca Book of World Records twice. 6. She also participated in the toughest car rallies- Raid De Himalaya and Desert Storm. 7. She won a silver medal in the shotput and won a gold medal in Javelin in the IPC Oceania Asian Championship. 8. She was recently awarded a Khel Ratna Purashkar on 29 August 2019. 9. She is also the oldest physically challenged
person to be honoured by Arjuna award. Some famous National Awards she was awarded with: 1. Khel Ratna Purashkar 2. Arjuna Award 3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 4. Padma Shri Award 5. First Ladies Award
Deepa Malik Struggle In 1999, Deepa Malik suffered from a very dangerous disease called spinal tumor and it made her paralyzed from her waist down. Her body became paralyzed and numb from her waist down and now she is paralyzed from 20 years but being paralyzed can’t break her strength and she doesn’t take it as her weakness. She just accepted it as a natural thing and because of this disease, she also suffered from 3 surgeries and 183 stitches.
During her surgeries, her husband was also fighting with Pakistan in Kargil War for his country. This couple has already named their life for the country. Deepa Malik never lose her passion in any tough situation. She lived her life very calmly as she never feels her disabilities and always fights back with her situations.Being so much calm and not losing her passion is not an easy task. Because of her disease she was bound to a wheelchair and she played all her games from that wheelchair only, she never complains for her weakness or her physical disabilities and neither she demands any special treatment.