Yashaswini Ghorpade (born 23 October 2004) is an Indian table tennis player from Karnataka, India.[1][2] She won her maiden National championship at Indore on 21 March 2026. She represents the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board in domestic tournaments.[3] She was selected for the Indian team for the Asian Championship along with Sreeja Akula and Ayhika after the Senior Nationals in 2026 at Indore.[4]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Ghorpade is from Bengaluru, Karnataka. She began playing table tennis in 2010 under coach Anshuman Roy.[5] She trains at his facility, UTT Skies High Performance Centre in JP Nagar, Bengaluru.[2]
Career[edit | edit source]
Ghorpade won her first senior national women's title defeating her teammate Syndrela Das in a 4-3 final at the 87th Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championship in Indore on 21 March 2026.[6] On way to her final, she defeated top seed Sreeja Akula in the quarterfinals. She went into the tournament as the 8th seed but is ranked number 1 in the country after the victory.
Earlier, she won the national titles in both sub-junior (under 15) and junior (U 19) Nationals. She became the third player from Karnataka to win the National title after Archana Kamath (2019) and Usha Sunderraj (1968).[2]
She won a bronze medal at the 2022 Youth World Championships in Rades, Tunisia in women's doubles. She won a bronze in the Junior mixed doubles at the Asian Youth Championship and was part of the Asian team that won a bronze at the World Cadet Challenge 2019 in the team category.[1]
She was part of the Goa Challengers team that won the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT).[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "News Ghorpade Yashaswini Deepak (India)". Table Tennis News and Tournament from Kharkiv, Ukraine and World (in українська). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Sports News Yashaswini Ghorpade: National Table Tennis Champion". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "Manav Thakkar and Yashaswini Ghorpade Win Singles Titles at Senior National Table Tennis Championships 2026". dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Yashaswini Ghorpade, a rare table tennis player who attacks with pimples, ready to take on Asia". The Indian Express. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Karhadkar, Amol (21 March 2026). "Yashaswini Ghorpade gives coach 'the best birthday gift' with Senior National Championship title". Sportstar. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Nag, Utathya (21 March 2026). "National Table Tennis Championships 2026: Manav Thakkar wins men's title; Yashaswini Ghorpade new women's champ - all winners". Olympics. Retrieved 22 March 2026.