1. Soumyajit Ghosh is an Indian table tennis player from Siliguri, West Bengal.
15 Facts About Soumyajit Ghosh
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Soumyajit Ghosh was the youngest Indian player to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Soumyajit Ghosh became the youngest national champion at the age of 19, when he defeated Sharath Kamal in the 74th National Table Tennis Championships.
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Soumyajit Ghosh was world number 63, as of November 2016.
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In 2010, Soumyajit Ghosh won mixed doubles bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Bahrain.
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Soumyajit Ghosh was instrumental in helping the India 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.
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Soumyajit Ghosh was an integral part of the team that won the Asian Junior Championships in 2011.
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In 2013, Soumyajit 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.
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Soumyajit Ghosh followed that up by winning the singles event at the Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championships in Dharwad, Karnataka.
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Soumyajit Ghosh won the singles event in the U-21 category at the Brazil Open in Santos.
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At the Lusofonia Games, 2014 in Goa, Soumyajit 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.
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Soumyajit Ghosh was a quarter finalist at the Senior National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Patna, 2014.
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At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow Soumyajit Ghosh reached the quarter finals of both men's singles and doubles.
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At the WTTC 2015, Soumyajit Ghosh reached R64 by beating Quadri Aruna.
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On 30 April 2017, Soumyajit Ghosh won the ITTF Challenge Seamaster Chile Open singles event, by beating compatriot Anthony Amalraj in the final.