The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Arjuna Award, 2017 to Shri A. Amalraj for Table Tennis, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2017.
Personal information
Full name
Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj
Nationality
Indian
Born
(1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 (age 38) Polur, Tamil Nadu, India
Height
1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight
64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing India
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
Men's team
2014 Glasgow
Men's doubles
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta
Men's team
South Asian Games
2016 Guwahati/Shillong
Men's singles
2016 Guwahati/Shillong
Mixed doubles
2016 Guwahati/Shillong
Men's team
2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara
Men's singles
2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara
Men's doubles
2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara
Men's team
2016 Guwahati/Shillong
Men's doubles
2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara
Mixed doubles
Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj (born 24 January 1986) is a professional table tennis player from Tamil Nadu India. He won the silver medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games in doubles with Sharath Kamal.[1]
Arputharaj won the National Table Tennis Championship in January 2012, beating the Indian legend, Sharath Kamal in the finals.[2]
He won the Arjuna Awardee in 2017.[3]
In 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, he won the gold medal in men's team event with Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Sanil Shetty.[4]
He won the gold medal in South Asian games 2019 in Men's Singles Table tennis tournament.[citation needed]
He spent about 8 years at PSPB National Academy in Ajmer for his training. [1]
^"Profile at 2014 CWG official website". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
^Jagadish, Menas. "Indian National Champion Amalraj's Interview with TableTennisBug.com". Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^"Mariyappan Thangavelu, Anthony Amalraj delighted at being recommended for Arjuna Award". Firstpost. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^"Commonwealth Games 2018: Sharath Kamal leads India to gold medal in men's table tennis team event". Firstpost. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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