SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 43

SSC CGL - 18 April 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q43

Who among the following table tennis players won nine Senior National Championships as of April 2021?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. A Sharath Kamal.

  • Achanta Sharath Kamal has played table tennis at the top level for over 20 years.
  • Sharath also won the singles gold after 16 years, the first coming  at the 2006 Melbourne CWG.
  • Kamal is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become nine times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight times National Champion Kamlesh Mehta. As of May 2021, Kamal's ITTF world ranking is 32.
  • He teamed up with Subhajit Saha to win the Men's Doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He won three medals in 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.