Soumyajit Ghosh

Soumyajit Ghosh
Nation:	India
Date of birth:	May 10, 1993
Place of birth:	Shiliguri
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	339
Best world ranking :	58 (January 2018)
Current national ranking:	2
Best national ranking:	1 (November 2016)

Soumyajit Ghosh (born May 10, 1993 in Shiliguri ) is an Indian table tennis player . He took part in the Olympic Games twice. The Indian uses a butterfly blade and uses the Tenergy 05 on the forehand and backhand .

Career

In 2010 he made his first international appearance, at that time he won bronze in mixed doubles at the youth world championships. In 2011 he won bronze again at the same tournament with the team.

With the team he also reached first place at the Asian Youth Championships. In 2013 he beat top player Achanta Sharath Kamal at the national championships of India . In the U21 class, he won gold at the Brazil Open that same year. In 2014 the Indian played in the Commonwealth Games , where he failed in singles and doubles in the quarterfinals, but won bronze with the team.

In 2015 he was allowed to participate in the World Championships, where he reached the round of 64. Before that, he beat Quadri Aruna . In 2016 he qualified for the Olympic Games , where he had to throw in the towel early on.

Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	U21	Double	Mixed	team
IND	Olympic games	2012	London	United Kingdom	last 64				last 16
IND	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	last 64				last 16
IND	World Tour	2013	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Agony
IND	Challenge Series	2014	Madrid	Spain	last 64	last 16
IND	World Tour	2014	Doha	Qatar	Quarter finals
IND	Commonwealth Games	2014	Glasgow	Scotland	Quarter finals	Quarter finals			bronze
IND	World championships	2015	Suzhou	People's Republic of China	last 64		last 64
IND	Challenge Series	2017	Santiago de Chile	Chile	silver
IND	Challenge Series	2019	Abuja	Nigeria	bronze

Personal

Ghosh comes from a middle-class family. His father Hari worked for the local community society and his mother Mina Ghosh is a housewife . He is the only child of his parents and was recognized as the best Indian table tennis player in November 2016.

Web links

• Article on Soumyajit Ghosh
• Soumyajit Ghosh in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ghosh Soumyajit: video, ranking. Retrieved December 26, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ? Ians : Soumyajit, Ankita book London berth . In: The Hindu . April 23, 2012, ISSN  0971-751X ( thehindu.com [accessed December 26, 2019]).
3. ↑ Soumyajit Ghosh Becomes youngest national table tennis champ - Times of India. Retrieved December 26, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Glasgow 2014 - Soumyajit Ghosh Profile. Retrieved December 26, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Ghosh S. live score, schedule and results - table tennis - SofaScore. Retrieved December 26, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Rakesh Rao: Soumyajit Ghosh provisionally suspended . In: The Hindu . March 23, 2018, ISSN  0971-751X ( thehindu.com [accessed December 26, 2019]).