Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Indian table tennis player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (born 8 January 1993) is an Indian table tennis player, who is the highest ranked Indian in the sport, currently ranked at 89 in the world as of November 2022. He was a member of the Indian team that won back to back gold medals in the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran[1] |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 31) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | Table Tennis |
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Highest world ranking | 24 |
Medal record |
In May 2019, Sathiyan attained his career best World ranking of 24 and became the first Indian paddler ever to break into the World Top-25 ITTF rankings.
He became the first Indian paddler to sign a contract with Okayama Rivets for the Japanese T-league. He has currently signed up with JURA MOREZ for the French PRO-A league.
He is an employee of ONGC & currently being supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.