Prashant N. Nanda
Prashant N. Nanda (* before 1925, † after 1926) was a world-class Indian table tennis player . In mid-1925/26 he won several international tournaments in Europe.
Not much is known about Prashant N. Nanda. The student went on a European tour in the mid-1920s. In 1925 he won the International Championship of England ahead of the German Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt . Then he won the International German Championships in Berlin . Before the beginning of the first World Cup in London in December 1926, he returned to India.
“Nanda is slick, agile and possessed of a fiery temperament. He catches every ball, only to slam it into it like an oily bolt of lightning. Unattainable his manifold cut information. "
- Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt about Prashant N. Nanda in the magazine "Tennis und Golf" 1926
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Grein: Tischtennis, Verlag Deutscher Tischtennis-Sport, Hanover, 1953, page 34
Web links
- Friedrich-Karl Brauns: It started with Mr. PN Nanda from India. News from November 14, 2008 on tischtennis.de (accessed on July 17, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nanda, Prashant N. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian table tennis player of world class format |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1926 |