country crank birth_place hrank weight imagesize nationality height birth_date playingstyle article_title name
india 32 -lrb- may 2015 -rrb- chennai , tamil nadu , india 32 -lrb- may 2015 -rrb- 82 kg lb st on 200px indian 1.8 0 12 july 1982 right-handed , shakehand grip sharath kamal
 achanta sharath kamal
sharath kamal

achanta sharath kamal -lrb- telugu : ఆచంట శరత్ కమల్ -rrb- -lrb- tamil : அச்சந்த சரத் கமல் -rrb- born on 12 july 1982 is a professional table tennis player from tamil nadu india .
his mother tongue is telugu .
his current world rank is 32nd in the world rankings as of may , 2015 .
sharath is considered to be one of the best table tennis players india has ever produced .
he won the men 's singles gold in the 16th commonwealth table tennis championship held at kuala lumpur in 2004 .
he is a recipient of the arjuna award for the year 2004 .
he currently lives in düsseldorf , germany .
over the past few years he has been playing in the european league .
after stints in spain and sweden , he is currently playing in the german bundesliga for the club borussia düsseldorf .
he is employed with the indian oil corporation as an officer .
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 .
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 at the 2010 commonwealth games in new delhi .
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 pyongyong invitational tournament held at pyongyong , 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 -lrb- south korea -rrb- .
after this victory he reached his career best ranking of world no. 73 and in january 2011 his ranking is 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 -lrb- bundesliga -rrb- 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 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 .
he is an alumnus of psbb nungambakkam school -lrb- class of 2000 -rrb- and loyola college , chennai .
