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{{short description|Indian table tennis player}}
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{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Soumyajit Ghosh
| image = G. Sekharan, India-gold, Ghosh S, India-silver and Shen Qiang, Canada-bronze in Table Tennis, at the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games-2008, in Pune on October 16, 2008.jpg
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| caption = Ghosh ''(left)'' at the [[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games]]
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| nickname = Baban
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|05|10}}
| birth_place = [[Siliguri]], [[India]]
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'''Soumyajit Ghosh''' (born 10 May 1993) an [[India]]n [[table tennis]] player from [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>http://www.tabletennisbug.com/2010/10/table-tennis-player-profile-soumyajit.html Table Tennis player profile: Soumyajit Ghosh</ref> He was the youngest [[India]]n player to qualify for the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London, 2012 Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120513/spectrum/main6.htm Ankita Das and Soumyajit Ghosh are the youngest Indian players to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics]</ref> He also became the youngest national champion at the age of 19, when he defeated [[Sharath Kamal]] in the 74th National Table Tennis Championships.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Soumyajit-Ghosh-becomes-youngest-national-table-tennis-champ/articleshow/17996714.cms Soumyajit Ghosh becomes youngest national table tennis champ]</ref> He was placed under provisional suspension and dropped from the Indian Team and replaced by [[Sanil Shetty]] for the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] after a complaint of rape was filed against him by an 18-year-old teenager in Barasat, West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/2018-commonwealth-games-sanil-shetty-replaces-soumyajit-ghosh-in-tt-squad/articleshow/63563759.cms | title=2018 Commonwealth Games: Sanil Shetty replaces Soumyajit Ghosh | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=Krishnakanta Chakraborty | date=1 April 2018 | accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/soumyajit-ghosh-provisionally-suspended/article23335290.ece | title=Soumyajit Ghosh provisionally suspended | work=The Hindu|author=Rakesh Rao | date=23 March 2018 | accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> He has denied the allegations.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-cwg-2018-tainted-soumyajit-ghosh-left-behind-india-s-9-member-table-tennis-squad-leaves-for-gold-coast-2599396 | title=CWG 2018: Tainted Soumyajit Ghosh left behind, India's 9-member table tennis squad leaves for Gold Coast | publisher=DNA India | date=30 March 2018 | accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> He later married the girl who accused him of rape.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/married-to-girl-who-accused-him-of-rape-paddler-soumyajit-ghosh-picking-up-pieces-5294565/ | title=Married to girl who accused him of rape, table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh picking up pieces | work=The Indian Express| date=6 August 2018 | accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/married-to-girl-who-accused-him-of-rape-paddler-ghosh-picking-up-pieces/articleshow/65293543.cms | title=Married to girl who accused him of rape, paddler Ghosh picking up pieces | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=6 August 2018 | accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref>

== Personal ==
Ghosh hails from a middle-class family in [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]]. His father Hari Sankar Ghosh works for the local municipal corporation. His mother Mina Ghosh is a [[homemaker]]. Soumyajit is his parent's only child. In [[India]] he trains at the NIS base in Patiala under coach Bhawani Mukherjee. When abroad he trains under coach [[Peter Karlsson (table tennis)|Peter Karlsson]] in [[Falkenberg]], [[Sweden]]. Ghosh is the [[India]]n number 1 in [[table tennis]] as per the world ranking (nov 2016).<ref>[http://www.ttfi.org/app/webroot/pdf/ranking2013/Ranking_Dec2013/Men.pdf TTFI Rankings]</ref> recently he is world no 63 As of November 2016

==Career==

===Early career===

In 2010, Ghosh won mixed doubles bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in [[Bahrain]]. He was instrumental in helping the [[India]]n national team clinch a bronze medal in the World Junior Championships in 2011, by winning both his singles matches against [[South Korea]] in the quarter-finals.<ref>[http://www.olympic.org/news/soumyajit-ghosh-looks-forward-to-london-2012/167844 Soumyajit Ghosh looks forward to London 2012]</ref> He was also an integral part of the team that won the Asian Junior Championships in 2011.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/soumyajit-ankita-book-london-berth/article3343439.ece Soumyajit, Ankita book London berth]</ref>

===2013===

In 2013, Ghosh created history by becoming the youngest national champion ever by beating six-time champion [[Sharath Kamal]] in the finals of the 74th National Table Tennis Championships.<ref>[http://www.ttfi.org/events/newsdetail/97/Ghosh%20youngest%20men's%20champ;%20Shamini%20regain%20women's%20crown GHOSH YOUNGEST MEN'S CHAMP]</ref> He followed that up by winning the singles event at the Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championships in [[Dharwad]], [[Karnataka]].<ref>[http://www.ttfi.org/events/newsdetail/139/GHOSH,%20SHAMINI%20ARE%20CHAMPIONS GHOSH, SHAMINI ARE CHAMPIONS]</ref> He also won the singles event in the U-21 category at the Brazil Open in [[Santos, São Paulo|Santos]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/soumyajit-manika-win-brazil-open-titles/article5012255.ece Soumyajit, Manika win Brazil Open titles]</ref>

===2014===

At the [[Lusofonia Games]], 2014 in [[Goa]], Ghosh won gold medal in mixed doubles and men's team event as well as a silver and bronze in men's singles and doubles respectively.<ref>[http://lusofoniagames2014.gov.in/tt/tt_main.htm Lusofonia Games, Table Tennis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219060534/http://www.lusofoniagames2014.gov.in/tt/tt_main.htm |date=19 February 2014 }}</ref> He was also a quarter finalist at the Senior National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in [[Patna]], 2014.<ref>[http://www.ttfi.org/app/webroot/eventquaImage/kqC_ms2.pdf Defending champion Ghosh ousted]</ref> At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], [[Glasgow]] Ghosh reached the quarter finals of both men's singles and doubles. He also reached the semis of the team event.<ref>[http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/table_tennis/1008028/soumyajit_ghosh.html Glasgow, 2014]</ref>

===2015===
At the WTTC 2015, Soumyajit reached R64 by beating Quadri Aruna.

=== 2016 ===
On 14 April 2016, Soumyajit Ghosh qualified for the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.firstpost.com/sports/south-asian-olympic-qualifiers-indian-table-tennis-aces-soumyajit-ghosh-manika-batra-book-rio-berths-2729754.html|title = South Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Indian table-tennis aces Soumyajit Ghosh, Manika Batra book Rio berths - Firstpost|website = Firstpost|language = en-US|access-date = 2016-04-14}}</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 [[Padasak Tanviriyavechakul]] of [[Thailand]].<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|accessdate=8 August 2016|agency=The Quint|date=7 August 2016}}</ref>

=== 2017 ===
On 30 April 2017, Soumyajit Ghosh won the ITTF Challenge Seamaster Chile Open singles event, by beating compatriot Anthony Amalraj in the final. This was his first ITTF Pro title and he became the third Indian to win an ITTF event.

==References==
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[[Category:Indian male table tennis players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic table tennis players of India]]
[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Siliguri]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]

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