Neha Aggarwal
Neha Aggarwal | |
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Nationality | |
Residence | Delhi, India |
Born | 11 January 1990 |
Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[1] |
Neha Aggarwal Sharma (born 11 January 1990) is an Indian table tennis player who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the only woman from India to feature in that discipline.[2] Aggarwal earned her position at the Olympics by defeating Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das, who had been favored to win. The Delhi girl, who did her schooling from Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram and her college from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, was the winner of Junior National Table Tennis Championship held at Ahmedabad and Kolkata. She did not receive a medal, having been eliminated after losing to Chinese born Australian Jiang Fang Lay. She has a Masters in Sports Management from Columbia University, New York.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Neha Aggarwal Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ↑ Rahul Acharya (11 April 2016). "Neha Aggarwal - Interview". teamusa.org.
- ↑ "Meet the Olympian Working to Fund Indian Athletes to the Global Games". ivyplusnetwork.com.
External links
- Delhi Public School
- TV Asia's special feature on Indian Olympic athlete Neha Aggarwal - Columbia University - NYC on YouTube
- Table tennis at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games
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- Indian female table tennis players
- Olympic table tennis players of India
- Sportswomen from Delhi
- Delhi Public School alumni
- 1990 births
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
- 21st-century Indian women
- Asian Games competitors for India
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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