Description: 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.
About: 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.
Achievements:
Event Medal Year Location Details Asian Games Bronze 2018 Jakarta Men’s team Commonwealth Games Gold 2018 Gold Coast Men’s team Commonwealth Games Gold 2022 Birmingham Men’s team Commonwealth Games Silver 2018 Gold Coast Men’s doubles Commonwealth Games Silver 2022 Birmingham Men’s doubles Commonwealth Games Bronze 2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles Commonwealth Games Bronze 2022 Birmingham Men’s singles Asian Championships Bronze 2021 Doha Men’s team Asian Championships Bronze 2021 Doha Men’s doubles Asian Championships Bronze 2023 Pyeongchang Men’s team South Asian Games Gold 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Men’s doubles South Asian Games Gold 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Men’s team South Asian Games Silver 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Men’s singles South Asian Games Silver 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Mixed doubles
Rank in World: 39
Social Media Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sathiyantt/?hl=en
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/sathiyantt?lang=en
Country: India
Ratings: 2.0
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