| Name(s) |
ACHANTA SHARATH
KAMAL |
| Date of
Birth |
July 12, 1982
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian professional
table tennis player from Tamil Nadu. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- Highest ranking 32;
his current world rank is 69th in
the World Rankings as of June, 2016.
- He is considered to be
one of the best table tennis players
India has ever produced.
- He won the men's singles
gold in the 16th
Commonwealth table tennis
championship held at Kuala Lumpur in
2004.
- He currently lives in
Düsseldorf, Germany (June,
2016).
- He is employed with the
Indian Oil Corporation as
an officer.
- He has won the US Open
Table Tennis Men's championships
held at Grand Rapids, Michigan in
July 2010. In the same year he
won the Egypt Open beating Li Ching
of Hong Kong; thus becoming
first Indian to win a singles title
on the ITTF Pro Tour.
- He also captained the Indian
men's team that won the team title
at the same championship by
defeating favourites and nine-time
champions England.
- He also won the gold
medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
in Melbourne.
- He teamed up with
Subhajit Saha to win the
Men's Doubles gold
at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in
New Delhi.
- He represented India in the
2004
Olympics in Athens and is still the
top Indian TT player.
- He also represented the country
in the 2006 Asian Games at Qatar.
- In the year 2007 he was the
first Indian to win the
Pyongyong Invitational Tournament
held at Pyongyong, North Korea.
- He was also the only
Indian Men's Table Tennis player to
be selected for the Beijing Olympics
in 2008.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
Arjuna Award - 2004. |
|
