Akash Antil (born 1991) is an Indian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete competing in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

. He won the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

at the 2007 South Asian Junior Athletics Championships. He failed a doping test at the 2010 Indian National Games and was banned from competition.Four wrestlers, two athletes caught for doping
''Indian Express'' (2010-09-02). Retrieved on 2016-07-23.

References

* 1991 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Indian male discus throwers Indian sportspeople in doping cases {{India-athletics-bio-stub