Ritwik Bhattacharya
Ritwik Bhattacharya ![]() |
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Birthday: | October 14, 1979 |
Size: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 78 kg |
1st professional season: | 1998 |
Resignation: | 2010 |
Playing hand: | Right |
Trainer: | Amit Chinai |
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Career title: | 8th |
Career finals: | 12 |
Best placement: | 38 (November 2006) |
Sources: official player profiles at PSA and Squashinfo (see web links ) |
Ritwik Bhattacharya (born October 14, 1979 in Pathankot ) is a former Indian squash player .
Career
Ritwik Bhattacharya began his professional career in 1999 and won eight tournaments on the PSA World Tour . He reached his highest position in the world rankings with rank 38 in November 2006. At the World Championships in doubles he was runner- up in 2004 in Chennai on the side of Saurav Ghosal . Ritwik Bhattacharya was a total of five times Indian national champion and completed over 70 games for the Indian national team , for many years as captain. With this he took part in world championships in 2005 , 2007 and 2009 . He played his last professional tournament in 2010.
Private
Ritwik Bhattacharya attended the Rashtriya Indian Military College in Dehradun from 1992 to 1997 . In 2000 he graduated from St. Stephen's College in New Delhi with a bachelor's degree . He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi State Sports Award for Best Athlete in 2003 . In September 2013 he married the Indian model Pia Trivedi.
successes
- Vice world champion in doubles: 2004 (with Saurav Ghosal )
- Won PSA -Titel: 8
- Indian champion: 5 titles (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005)
Web links
- Player profile at psaworldtour.com ( Memento from November 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Player profile at squashinfo.com (English)
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SURNAME | Bhattacharya, Ritwik |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian squash player |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pathankot , India |