Ritwik Bhattacharya (; born 14 October 1979 in

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) is a

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from India. The flag bearer of Indian Squash on

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tour, as an accomplished junior players he brought momentum in the Indian squash scene. Ritwik trained in England for five years under coach Neil Harvey, and was once India's highest ranked squash player (until superseded by Saurav Ghosal in 2013) and its most successful with nine PSA tour titles till date. His highest world ranking was #38 in November 2008. He was the first Indian to break into the top 50 of the PSA World Rankings (May 2006). * He has won the Indian National Squash Championship five times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005). * He was the finalist at the World Doubles 2004 (Team India, partner: Saurav Ghosal). * Has earned more than 70 caps playing for India and captained the Indian Team to a top 8 finish in the World Team Championships in 2007. Ritwik who is now out of competitive squash has set up a squash academy START ( Squash Temple and Real Training) which currently trains over 150 tribal children who have never been exposed to sports and hail from economically and educationally poor background from villages in and around Mokashi on the outskirts of Mumbai in India. Trainees at Bhattacharya's academy are now a regular fixture on the Junior National Circuit.

Personal life

Ritwik Bhattacharya was in relationship with Bollywood actress

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but they split in June 2010. According to reports, Ritwik is now married to Pia Trivedi.

Television appearances

References

External links

Articles on Ritwik Bhattacharya on Cyrus' Blog

Ritwik Bhattacharya
* PTI reports. 1979 births Living people Indian male squash players Rashtriya Indian Military College alumni Squash players at the 2002 Asian Games Squash players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Competitors at the 2009 World Games Contestants on Indian game shows Participants in Indian reality television series {{India-squash-bio-stub