Manika Batra is an Indian table tennis player. As of November 2020, she is the top-ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 50th in the world as of March 2022. She was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2020.
Manika Batra: Ranking| Wikipedia| Singles| Medals
Ranking:
| Rank | Player | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Y.S. Sun
|
5770 |
|
| 2 |
|
M. Chen
|
5580 |
|
| 3 |
|
M.Y. Wang
|
4710 |
|
| 4 |
|
Y.D. Wang
|
4220 |
|
| 41 |
|
M. Batra
|
540 |
|---|
Manika Batra achieves career-best ranking of 38, Sathiyan new world no 34 – Sportstar.
Manika Batra became the first Indian table tennis player to win a gold medal in the women’s singles category at the Commonwealth Games.
Wikipedia:
Batra led the Indian women’s team to a gold medal win in the final against four-time gold medalists and defending champions Singapore at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
The Singapore women’s table tennis team had never lost in the Commonwealth Games since the sport was inducted in the program in 2002. Batra defeated world number 4 Feng Tianwei as well as Zhou Yihan in India’s 3–1 win in the final.
Singles:
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Batra reached the third round of the women’s singles event, becoming the first Indian paddler to reach the third round at the Olympics in a singles event.
Batra won the 2021 wtt contender Budapest mixed doubles with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran by outplaying Hungary’s Dora Madarasz and Nandor Ecseki 3-1.
Medals:
- 2020 – Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, highest sporting honour of India
- 2018 – Arjuna Award, second-highest sporting honour of India
- 2018 – The Breakthrough Star Award by ITTF
In 2011, Batra won the silver medal in the under-21 category of the Chile Open. She represented India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, where she finished quarterfinalist, as well as the 2014 Asian Games. She won three medals at the 2015 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
