FULL NAME: Malik Vikrant
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 January 1996 (Source: Athletics Federation of India and World Athletics)
PARENTS: Father (Rajendra Malik), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Ugra Kheri, Panipat, Haryana, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Studied at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar and Mangalore University, Karnataka
PROFESSION: Not known
TYPE OF PLAYER: Javelin thrower
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar.
TRAINING PLACE: Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Dinesh Tandi (First coach) and James Hillier
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Haryana, Mangalore University, KIIT University and Odisha
PERSONAL BEST: 81.82 metres at Bhubaneswar, 21 December 2022

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won the javelin Bronze medal for Odisha with an effort of 77.65m in the 62nd National Open Athletics Championships at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on 13 October 2023.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Won the javelin Gold medal with a throw of 77.82m in the Khelo India University Games in Lucknow, UP on 30 May 2023.
*     Won the javelin Gold medal with a with a personbal best of 81.82m at the North East Inter-University Championship in Bhubaneswar on 21 December 2022.
*     Won the javelin Gold medal with a throw of 77.82m in the 81st All India Inter-University Athletics Championship, held in Mangalore on 12 January 2022.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     He hails from Panipat, Haryana, the hometown of Olympic and World javelin champion Neeraj Chopra.
*     He took to javelin throw at the insistent of his father, an army man who had played the sport in his youth.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 17 October 2023