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{{short description|Indian table tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s Double Table Tennis Final) Achanta Sarath Kamal & Subhajit Saha of India won the Gold medal, at Yamuna Sports Complex, in Delhi on October 13, 2010.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s Double Table Tennis Final) Achanta Sarath Kamal (left) & Subhajit Saha of India won the Gold medal, at Yamuna Sports Complex, in Delhi on 13 October 2010.
| fullname = Sharath Kamal Achanta<ref name="Olympics">{{cite Sports-Reference
| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ac/sharath-kamal-achanta-1.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051525/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ac/sharath-kamal-achanta-1.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2020-04-18
| title = Sharath Kamal Achanta
| access-date = 2018-06-23
}}</ref>
| nickname =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|07|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| residence =
| playingstyle = Right-handed, shakehand grip
| equipment =
| hrank = 30 (2019)<ref>{{Cite web
|url = http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=104314
|title = World ranking Record for ACHANTA Sharath Kamal (IND)
|publisher = ITTF
|access-date = 13 October 2012
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160813234019/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=104314
|archive-date = 13 August 2016
}}</ref>
| crank = 32 (May 2021)<ref>2021 ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking, [https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021_18_SEN_MS.html]</ref>
| height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[table tennis]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Table Tennis at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Men's singles]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Table Tennis at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Men's team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Men's doubles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Men's team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]] | [[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team|Men's team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]] | [[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]] | [[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles|Men's singles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]] | [[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]] | [[Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games - Men's team|Men's team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]] | [[Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games - Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] }}
}}

'''Achanta Sharath Kamal''' (born 12 July 1982) is a professional [[table tennis]] player from [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>http://www.tabletennisbug.com/2015/04/achanta-sharath-kamal-profile.html</ref> He 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]]. In 2019 he was awarded received the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian award.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sportstar|first=Team|title=Kamal, Chhetri, Punia and Gambhir to receive Padma Shri Award|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/padma-shri-awards-2019-sunil-chhetri-sharath-kamal-gautam-gambhir-ajay-thakur-bajran-punia-harika-dronavalli/article26093206.ece|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Sportstar|language=en}}</ref>

His [[International Table Tennis Federation|ITTF]] world ranking is 32 {{As of|2021|May|lc=y}}. He beat [[Joo Sae-hyuk|Joo Se Hyuk]] and [[Chuang Chih-yuan]], world no. 8 and 16 respectively in 2015 28th [[Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament|Asian cup]] at [[Jaipur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=69&Itemid=206|title=Current WR - Men|website=results.ittf.link|access-date=2018-04-14}}</ref> Sharath won the men's singles gold in the 16th [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] [[table tennis]] championship held at [[Kuala Lumpur]] in 2004. He is a recipient of the [[Arjuna award]] for the year 2004.<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite web
| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/content_mail.php?option=com_content&name=print&id=55396
| publisher = India Today
| access-date = 2009-08-06
| title = Fresh Faces
}}</ref> He currently{{When|date=May 2021}} lives in [[Düsseldorf]], Germany.{{Update inline|date=May 2021|reason=The statement is out of date. The player resides in India according to <ref>{{citation | url = https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/how-table-tennis-veteran-sharath-kamal-is-gearing-up-for-olympics/article34489501.ece|title=How table tennis champ Sharath Kamal is chasing his Olympics dream}}</ref>}} Over the past few years{{When|date=May 2021}} he has been playing in the European league. After stints in Spain and Sweden, he is currently{{When|date=May 2021}} playing in the German Bundesliga for the club Borussia Düsseldorf.

He has won the US Open Table Tennis Men's championships held at Grand Rapids, Michigan in July 2010. During the course of the tournament he went on to defeat the defending champion Thomas Keinath of Slovakia in an epic battle of 7 games to win 4–3. In the same year he won the Egypt Open beating Li Ching of Hong Kong in straight sets 11–7, 11–9, 11–8, 11–4; thus becoming first Indian to win a singles title on the ITTF Pro Tour.<ref name="rediff news">{{cite web
| url = http://sports.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/11/sharath-kamal-wins-egypt-open-tt.htm
| publisher = Rediff India
| access-date = 2010-07-12
| title = Rediff News
}}</ref> He also captained the Indian men's team that won the team title at the same championship by defeating favourites and nine-time champions England.

He also won the gold medal at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]], beating crowd favourite Australian [[William Henzell]] in the final, apart from helping the Indian team clinch gold in the table tennis team event against [[Singapore]]. He teamed up with [[Subhajit Saha]] to win the Men's Doubles gold<ref name="rediff sports">{{cite web
| url = http://sports.rediff.com/report/2010/oct/13/cwg-2010-delhi-table-tennis-tt-sharath-kamal-subhajit-saha.htm
| publisher = Rediff India
| access-date = 2010-10-13
| title = Rediff Sports
}}</ref> at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in [[New Delhi]]. He won three medals in [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Gold Coast (Queensland)|Gold Coast]], gold in [[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team|men's team event]] with [[Anthony Amalraj]], [[Harmeet Desai]], [[Sathiyan Gnanasekaran]] & [[Sanil Shetty]] silver in [[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's doubles|men's doubles]] with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & bronze in [[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles|men's singles event]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/cwg-2018-iconic-achantha-sharath-kamal-bows-out-with-tt-bronze/articleshow/63767722.cms |title=CWG 2018: Iconic Achantha Sharath Kamal bows out with TT bronze |newspaper=Times of India |date=15 April 2018 |access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/story/cwg-2018-sathiyan-g-sharath-kamal-settle-for-silver-in-men-s-doubles-table-tennis-1212213-2018-04-14 |title=CWG 2018: Sathiyan G, Sharath Kamal settle for Silver in men's doubles table tennis |publisher=India Today |date=14 April 2018 |access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2018-sharath-kamal-leads-india-to-gold-medal-in-mens-team-event-4424473.html |title=Commonwealth Games 2018: Sharath Kamal leads India to gold medal in men's table tennis team event |publisher=Firstpost |date=10 April 2018 |access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref>

He represented India in the [[2004 Olympics]] in Athens and is still the top Indian TT player. He also represented the country in the [[2006 Asian Games]] at Qatar.

In the year 2007 he was the first Indian to win the Pyongyang Invitational Tournament held at Pyongyang, North Korea. This was the 21st edition of the tournament which was held in August 2007. His best performance on the world circuit came in the Japan Pro Tour held in June 2007 where he beat World No.19, Lee Jung Woo (South Korea). After this victory he reached his career best ranking of World No. 73 and in January 2011 his ranking is [https://web.archive.org/web/20161115073755/http://ittf.com/ittf_ranking/ 44]. Incidentally, Sharath was also the only Indian Men's Table Tennis player to be selected for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

In the season 2010–11 he also played in the German major league (Bundesliga) for TSV [[Gräfelfing]] and has been one of the best players in the league with wins over top German TT players. He played for SV [[Werder Bremen]] in the 2011–12 season. During 2012–13, he played in the Swedish league before returning to Germany in May 2013 to sign for [http://www.borussia-duesseldorf.com/ Borussia Düsseldorf]. Known as the "Rekordmeisters", Borussia Düsseldorf is one of the best clubs in Europe. Sharath and the team also won the Deutsche Pokal for the year 2013, a prestigious cup tournament in Germany. Currently the team is ranked second in the Bundesliga season 2013–14.

Sharath qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] after beating Iran's [[Noshad Alamian]] in the Asian Olympic qualification.<ref>{{cite news|title=Achanta Sharath Kamal qualifies for Rio 2016|url=https://www.inshorts.com/news/achanta-sharath-kamal-qualifies-for-rio-2016-1460809091461|access-date=8 August 2016|publisher=Inshorts|date=16 April 2016}}</ref> However, he made a first round exit in the [[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|men's individual event]] losing to [[Adrian Crișan]] of [[Romania]].<ref>{{cite news|title=TT Players Mouma, Manika, Soumyajit and Kamal Lose in 1st Round|url=http://www.thequint.com/rio-olympics-2016/2016/08/06/tt-player-mouma-das-knocked-out-in-first-round|access-date=8 August 2016|agency=The Quint|date=7 August 2016}}</ref>

He is an alumnus of [[PSBB]] Nungambakkam school<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.psbbschools.ac.in/alumni-1.html
| publisher = PSBB Schools
| access-date = 2009-08-28
| title = PSBB Alumni
}}</ref> (class of 2000) and [[Loyola College, Chennai]].<ref name="indiatoday" /><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.achantasharathkamal.com/sharath.html
|publisher = Achanta Sharath Kamal
|access-date = 2010-05-20
|title = Achanta Sharath Kamal Fan Webpage
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528151753/http://www.achantasharathkamal.com/sharath.html
|archive-date = 2010-05-28
}}</ref> He is employed with the [[Indian Oil Corporation]] as an officer.<ref>{{cite news|date=2006-03-26|title=Sharath Kamal storms into final|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/26/stories/2006032604532300.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2006-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420151222/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/26/stories/2006032604532300.htm|archive-date=2006-04-20}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== 2021 ===
In March 2021, Sharath played in WTT Doha, where he upset [[Patrick Franziska]] in the round of 32.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-10|title=Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/09/top-6-storylines-following-round-of-32-at-wtt-star-contender/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Medal
!Sport
!Event
!Date
|-
| style="background:#f7f6a8;" |{{Gold medal}}
|[[Table tennis at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Table Tennis - Men's Singles]]
|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne]]
|26 March
|-
| style="background:#f7f6a8;" |{{Gold medal}}
|[[Table tennis at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Table Tennis - Men's Team]]
|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne]]
|27 March
|-
| style="background:#f7f6a8;" |{{Gold medal}}
|[[Table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's doubles|Table Tennis - Men's Doubles]]
|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi]]
|13 October
|-
| style="background:#cd7f32;" |{{Bronze medal}}
|[[Table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's team|Table Tennis - Men's Team]]
|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games - Delhi]]
|9 October
|-
| style="background:#f7f6a8" |{{Gold medal}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/table-tennis/results-men-s-team-fnl-00010000.htm|title=Results Men's Team Finals|publisher=The Official CWG 2018 Site}}</ref>
|[[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's team|Table Tennis - Men's Team]]
|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast]]
|9 April
|-
| style="background:#c0c0c0;" |{{Silver medal}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/table-tennis/results-men-s-doubles-fnl-000100-.htm|title=Results Men's Doubles Finals}}</ref>
|[[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's doubles|Table Tennis - Men's Doubles]]
|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast]]
|14 April
|-
| style="background:#cd7f32;" |{{Bronze medal}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/table-tennis/results-men-s-singles-fnl-000200-.htm|title=Results Men's Singles Finals}}</ref>
|[[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles|Table Tennis - Men's Singles]]
|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast]]
|15 April
|-
| style="background:#cd7f32;" |{{Bronze medal}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/table-tennis/results-mixed-doubles-fnl-000200-.htm|title=Results Mixed Doubles Finals}}</ref>
|[[Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed doubles|Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles]]
|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast]]
|15 April
|}

==See also==
* [[Mamta Prabhu]]
* [[Poulomi Ghatak]]
* [[Mouma Das]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ITTF|104314|ACHANTA Sharath Kamal}}
** {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111090304/http://www.old.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=104314 |date=11 January 2017 |title=ACHANTA Sharath Kamal at old.ittf.com}}
** {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702134130/http://www.ittfranking.com/cgi-bin/ttplayer.cgi?number=104314&lang=0&format=summary |date=2 July 2014 |title=ACHANTA Sharath Kamal at ittfranking.com}}
* {{IOC profile|sharath-kamal-achanta|Sharath Kamal ACHANTA}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
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[[Category:Indian male table tennis players]]
[[Category:Olympic table tennis players of India]]
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[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from Chennai]]
[[Category:Loyola College, Chennai alumni]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games]]
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in table tennis]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan schools alumni]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games]]
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