Ankita Das

Ankita Das (born 17 July 1993) is an Indian table tennis player from Siliguri, West Bengal. She always wanted to be Air Force pilot and took this game for timepass.. but her family didn’t allow her to join Air Force so she chose this game for her dad. Her timepass became serious game for her. Played coutinuosly for 10 years and reached final in all the events. She participated in World Championship and reached quarter-finals. Nobody has broken her records till now. In Senior Asian she got Most Popular Player Award and in Junior World Championship she got Fair Play Award.

Ankita Das
Full nameAnkita Das
Nickname(s)Pompi
NationalityIndian
ResidenceSiliguri
Born (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993
Darjeeling, Siliguri, West Bengal, India
Playing styleRight-handed offensive
Equipment(s)Before butterfly and Now stag
ClubGerman club II division league YMA club at Siliguri
Height5.6
Weight53

But 2 years she couldn't play well because of knee injury but in 2019 Senior National she participated and won bronze in singles.

She represented India at the 2012 London Summer Olympics in Women's singles event

She was the youngest girl in that Olympic.

Career

Ankita Das has won senior championship at the 75th senior National table tennis championships (2014)[1]

Das has won championship at the 75th senior National table tennis championships (2014)[1] Women's singles event. before was practicing under of Coach Mantu Gosh Arjuna Awardee. she was the youngest girl in that olympic. she played in junior world championship 2011, singles quarterfinalist and got fair play award.. she made history in that tournament, she got most popular player award in senior asian championship, made history again, 10 years she played national final continues in her career, its history in indian table tennis. she played cadet world challenge, and got gold medal in the teams, and singles got 8th position, she played lusofonia games and got bronze, silver, gold in that tournament.

See also

References
  1. "Sanil, Ankita are National champs". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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