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Manika Batra

Table tennis player

Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. She won gold in the women’s singles and women’s team events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, and she became the first Indian paddler to reach the third round of Olympic singles at Tokyo 2020.

Profession
Table tennis player
Known for
Commonwealth Games gold, 2018; Olympic singles from Tokyo 2020 onwards
Date of birth
1995-06-15
Birthplace
Delhi, India
Nationality
Indian

Quick facts

Born15 June 1995
BirthplaceDelhi, India
SportTable tennis
ClubAhmedabad SG Pipers (2025 onwards)
Major honoursArjuna Award (2018); Khel Ratna Award (2020)

Early career and multi-sport results

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow she reached the quarterfinals. At the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati she won three gold medals in the women’s team, women’s doubles and mixed doubles events, and a silver in women’s singles.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast she won gold in women’s singles and women’s team, silver in women’s doubles, and bronze in mixed doubles. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta she won bronze in mixed doubles.

Olympic and international results

At the Olympics she lost in the first round of women’s singles at Rio 2016. At Tokyo 2020 she reached the third round, and at Paris 2024 she reached the Round of 16.

At the 2022 Asian Cup in Bangkok she won bronze in women’s singles, becoming the first Indian woman to win a bronze at that event. In 2024 she won bronze with the Indian women’s team at the Asian Championships in Astana.

In 2021 she won two WTT Contender titles: mixed doubles at Budapest with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, and women’s doubles at Lasko with Archana Girish Kamath.

Milestones and rankings

In 2018 she became the first Indian woman to win an individual gold at the Commonwealth Table Tennis events. With Archana Girish Kamath she reached world No. 4 in doubles on 5 April 2022, the highest ranking ever for an Indian player in any category. In 2024 she became the first Indian to reach a quarterfinal in a WTT Champions event.

Her highest singles ranking was 24, reached in May 2024, according to the source used for this profile.

Awards and honours

She received the Arjuna Award in 2018 and the Khel Ratna Award in 2020. In 2018 she also received the ITTF Star Award for Breakthrough Star.

Net worth

Not publicly estimated.

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