Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj (born 24 January 1986) is a professional

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player from

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India. He won the silver medal at

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in doubles with

Sharath Kamal Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian former table tennis player. He is a ten time national champion. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. In 2022, he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award, ...

. Arputharaj won the National Table Tennis Championship in January 2012, beating the Indian legend, Sharath Kamal in the finals. He won the

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ee in 2017. In

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held at Gold Coast,

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, he won the gold medal in men's team event with

Harmeet Desai Harmeet Desai (born 19 July 1993) is an Indian table tennis player. He is from Surat. In 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, He won gold in men's team event with Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & San ...

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (born 8 January 1993) is an Indian table tennis player, who is the highest ranked Indian men's singles player in the sport, currently ranked at 73 in the world as of 12 November 2024. He was a member of the Indian team tha ...

& Sanil Shetty. He won the

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in South Asian games 2019 in Men's Singles Table tennis tournament. He spent about 8 years at PSPB National Academy in Ajmer for his training

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