| 1. Asha Kiran Barla is an Indian tribal athlete from Jharkhand. |
| 2. She gained attention in February 2023 for winning gold in the 800m and 1500m races at the Khelo India Youth Games in Bhopal. |
| 3. In 2017, she won the under-14 girls' 600m race at the National Inter-district Championships in Jharkhand. |
| 4. Her first medal at the East Zone Junior Athletics Championships in Patna came in 2018. |
| 5. In 2022, she won gold at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championship in Kuwait and at the Junior National Athletics Championships in Guwahati. |
| 6. In June 2022, she secured gold in the 800m race at the U20 Federation Cup Championships in Gujarat. |
| 7. Her coach, Ashu Bhatia, runs a residential academy in Bokaro and trains her there. |
| 8. Her family faces challenges like lack of electricity and ration card issues, as per media reports. |
| 9. Her elder sister, Florance Barla, achieved gold at the All-India University Championships in Bhubaneswar in 2022. |
| 10. Asha hails from Nawaidh, a village 100km from Ranchi without proper electricity access. |
| 11. In January 2023, she was shortlisted by AFI for the national camp in Bengaluru. |
| 12. In April 2023, she won gold at the 800m U20 Championships in Tiruvannamalai. |
| 13. She won silver at the 26th National Federation Cup and Commonwealth Youth Games in May and August 2023 respectively. |
| 14. Initially, she played hockey and football before switching to athletics on a teacher's suggestion. |
| 15. In 2017, she won the under-14 girls' 600m race in one minute 20 seconds at the All India Inter-District Athletics Meet in Visakhapatnam. |
| 16. Her elder sister, Florence Barla, is also an international athlete and won gold at the All-India University Championships in Bhubaneswar in 2022. |
| 17. Her father, William Barla, passed away when she was young, and her mother, Rozila Nawadih, works in fields to support the family. |
