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Manika Batra
Indian table tennis player
Manika Batra (born 15 June 1995) is an Indian table tennis player.[2] She is a triple gold medalist at the South Asian Games, a double gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medalist at the Asian Games, Asian Championships, and Asian Cup.
She is India's number two in women and her world rank is 27 as of Nov 2024.[3]
Batra is the first Indian woman to have won a bronze at the Asian Cup.[4] She is one of the players who uses a long pimple rubber.[5] She was honored with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2020.[6]
Early life
Batra was born on 15 June 1995 as the youngest of three children.[7] She hails from Naraina Vihar in Delhi.[8] She began playing table tennis at the age of four.[9] Her sister Anchal and brother Sahil both played table tennis, with Anchal having an influence on her during her early playing career.[10] After win