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'''Diya Chitale''' (born 2 April 2003) is an Indian table tennis player from [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Table Tennis |url=https://www.worldtabletennis.com/playerDescription?playerId=131395 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.worldtabletennis.com}}</ref> She won her maiden National championship in 2025. She plays for Dabang Delhi in the Ultimate Table Tennis, a league championship.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Diya Chitale (IND) {{!}} Sponsoring {{!}} Butterfly Global Site: Table Tennis Equipment |url=https://www.butterfly-global.com/en/sponsoring/detail/chitale-diya.html |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=www.butterfly-global.com |language=en}}</ref> She represents [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI) in the domestic events.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karhadkar |first=Amol |date=2026-03-20 |title=National TT: Diya, Manav in semis; Yashaswini stuns Sreeja |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/national-tt-diya-manav-in-semis-yashaswini-stuns-sreeja/article70766986.ece |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Along with Manush Shah, the duo became the first Indian pair to qualify for World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desai |first=Shail |date=2025-11-23 |title=Rising stars Diya Chitale and Manush Shah make history as India's first pair to qualify for World Table Tennis finals |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/ideas/diya-chitale-manush-shah-indian-table-tennis-mixed-doubles-wtt-finals-11763709763929.html |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Chitale took table tennis seriously only after she won a silver medal at the Under 12 Nationals. By 2015, she is fully focused and won both the girl's Under 15 singles and doubles National championship. In 2019, she won the Under 18 and Under 21 girl's singles championship in the Junior and Youth National Championships. In 2019, she also won the singles and doubles in the Girls' Under 18 event at the Ghana Junior and Cadet Open. In 2020, she retained the Under 21 Girls' title at the Junior and Youth National Championship. In 2022, she won the Under 19 Girls' singles WTT Youth Contender at Lima.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 2023, she won her first Senior National title as she clinched the doubles championship. In 2024, she won the mixed doubles at the WTT Feeder at [[Beirut]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-11 |title=Diya Chitale overcomes setbacks to become India’s top woman paddler |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/diya-chitale-overcomes-setbacks-to-become-indias-top-woman-paddler/articleshow/123823578.cms |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In 2025, she won the mixed doubles in the WTT at [[Tunis]] along with her partner Manush Shah.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kusari |first=Kingshuk |date=2025-06-13 |title=Diya Chitale: The tiny titan of Indian table tennis dreams |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/diya-chitale-ultimate-table-tennis-la-olympics-2028-2740090-2025-06-13 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> The pair also became the first Indian players to qualify for the WTT finals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2025 |title=Diya Chitale, Manush Shah create history; become first Indians to qualify for WTT Finals |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/diya-chitale-manush-shah-indian-table-tennis-player-qualify-wtt-finals-2025 |access-date=23 March 2026 |website=Olympics}}</ref><br />
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In 2026, she won the mixed doubles event in the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender at [[Muscat]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 2025, she was UTT's most expensive player, as she was retained by [[Dabang Delhi TTC|Dabang Delhi]] for Rs 14.1 lakh. In 2023, she played for U Mumba in her first season.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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[[Category:2003 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Mumbai]]</div>Augustine V. Williams