| Asha Kiran Barla is an Indian tribal athlete from Jharkhand. |
| She gained attention in February 2023 for winning gold in the 800m and 1500m races at the Khelo India Youth Games in Bhopal. |
| In 2017, she won the under-14 girls' 600m race at the National Inter-district Championships in Jharkhand. |
| Her first medal at the East Zone Junior Athletics Championships in Patna came in 2018. |
| In 2022, she won gold at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championship in Kuwait and at the Junior National Athletics Championships in Guwahati. |
| In June 2022, she secured gold in the 800m race at the U20 Federation Cup Championships in Gujarat. |
| Her coach, Ashu Bhatia, runs a residential academy in Bokaro and trains her there. |
| Her family faces challenges like lack of electricity and ration card issues, as per media reports. |
| Her elder sister, Florance Barla, achieved gold at the All-India University Championships in Bhubaneswar in 2022. |
| Asha hails from Nawaidh, a village 100km from Ranchi without proper electricity access. |
| In January 2023, she was shortlisted by AFI for the national camp in Bengaluru. |
| In April 2023, she won gold at the 800m U20 Championships in Tiruvannamalai. |
| She won silver at the 26th National Federation Cup and Commonwealth Youth Games in May and August 2023 respectively. |
| Initially, she played hockey and football before switching to athletics on a teacher's suggestion. |
