Manika Batra

Born on 15th June 1995 in Delhi, Manika Batra is the Indian table tennis player who has proved her knack in the Commonwealth Games 2018, winning doubles, singles and team events. Manika started playing table tennis at the age of 4, being influenced by her elder sister and is currently at the 58th spot in the world ranking.

Her Achievements-

• Bagged a silver medal at the Chile Open of 2011 in the under-21 category
• Showed her exuberance and aplomb through her power-pack performance at the Asian Games as well as the Commonwealth Games of 2014 where she finished being the quarterfinalist
• At the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2015, Batra bagged silver medals in women’s team event, women’s double event (along with Ankita Das) and a bronze medal in women’s singles.
• At the South Asian Games of 2016, Batra showed flashes of brilliance by clinching a gold medal in women’s doubles, mixed doubles and the women’s team event.
• Manika became the only Indian to receive "The Breakthrough Star Award" by ITTF on 12 December 2018.
• She became 1st Indian female table tennis player to win an individual gold medal in CWG 2018, where she won two gold medals in women’s team and women’s singles, a silver in women’s doubles and a bronze in the mixed doubles category.
• Clinched a bronze medal in mixed doubles category at the 2018 Asian Games, held in Jakarta
• As of February 2020, she ranked 67th in the world and top-ranked women table tennis player in India.