Manika Batra

Manika Batra
Full nameManika Batra
Nationality Indian
Born (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 29)
Delhi, India
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleShakehand grip
Highest ranking24 (May 2024)
Current ranking25 (Nov 2024)
Club
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Astana Women's team
Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Women's singles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati Women's singles

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference cwg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Manika Batra | Profile". World Table Tennis. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  3. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis Rankings". ITTF. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Manika Batra becomes the first Indian woman to win a bronze at the Asian Cup - Cosmopolitan India". www.cosmopolitan.in. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. ^ "'It motivates me to work harder': Manika Batra on winning Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna". DNA India. 29 August 2020. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.