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Sharath Kamal Paris Olympic 2024

Achanta Sharath Kamal was born on 12 July 1982 in Madras (now Chennai), India, to Achanta Srinivasa Rao and Achanta Annapurna in a Telugu-speaking family. Sharat was introduced to table tennis by his father at the age of 4. Sharath’s father, along with his uncle Muralidhar Rao, taught him the nuances of the sport and groomed him to become a professional paddler. Both his father and uncle were state-level players and national-level coaches. Achanta Sharath Kamal known as Sharath Kamal is an Indian professional table tennis player.

He is the first Indian table tennis player to become a ten-time senior national champion, breaking the record of eight-time national champion Kamlesh Mehta. In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award, and in 2022 he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award, India’s highest sporting honor. He is ranked 32nd in the ITTF world rankings. They defeated world No. 8 and 16 Ju Se Hyuk and Chuang Chih-yuan respectively at the 28th Asian Cup in Jaipur in 2015. Sharath visited Kuala Lumpur in 2004.