Mamta Prabhu
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Mamta Prabhu born March 1, 1983, is a table tennis
player from Maharashtra
, India
. She is an integral part of the Indian women Table Tennis team. As of July 2011, she is ranked 356rd in the overall International Table Tennis Federation
(ITTF) women rankings. She stands 4th in the Indian contingent.
. She started playing Table Tennis at a young age of 8 years in 1991.It was destiny that she started Tabletennis .Her parents had taken her brother and Mamata for enrolling them in Tabltennis club nearby her house .It so happened that her Coach Dilip Hate enrolled her brother and suggested her parents to bring her after a year as her height was even below the table . Then she accompanied her brother to tabletennis club but wasn't allowed to play .She used to sit there for hours one one place and watched other kids play till the last player stopped .After observing her doing the same for many days her coach thought she might be interested and asked her to join .One Sunday morning he came to her house and told her we ll go for a tournament, a local district match .After reaching the venue, they were informed that only one entry was available and there were two girls standing, It was decided that a lottrey will be held .Before a 9 year could understand what lottrey meant to need to pic the chit the other girl already had picked up the chit and she remained standing there, but destiny has its own way and the lest over chit gave her the entry for her first tournament . She has played through various local clubs during her school life.One of funniest part was she could not stay awake and use to doze off at after 7.30 pm so her parents and brother took special care of her as she could sleep anywhere .At her first state championship after staying on stadium for the whole day she got tired and as usual habbit she slept off in the stadium itself .When the team understood that she was missing they searched the whole stadium and found her sleeping in one corner, such was the case that since she was small one of the senior picked her up and carried her to the room .After seeing this her coach just to stop her habbit and make her strong started keepin practice at 7 in evening .In her initial Dilip Hate played a stellar role in shaping her career, to instill discipline in her he closed the club gates even if she was a minute late in the club .At age of 12 she was selected for Petroleum Tabletennis Academy to train under Chinese Coach at Ajmer, Rajasthan . She turned pro in December 2006. She used to play for Central Railway earlier, later switching to Dena Bank.She loved to play all games and was very naughty kid in school .She always ended up sharing her brothers beatings from her parents .
. She uses Challenger Attack (pimples) and Donic Acuda S-1 on Stiga CR Blade .
In the Asian Games, Mamta beat Mohamed Mueena of Maldives
convincingly in the first match of the group in all the three sets with a score of 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 in a span of just 12 mins contributing to the 3-0 victory of India
over Maldives
. However India after reaching quarter finals, were beat by China
0-3.
However in the doubles event while playing with Mouma Das
, she went down to the Singaporean pair of Li Jiawei and Sun Beibei
, 5-11, 5-11, 2-11.
She also repressented India in the 48th World Table Tennis Championship
in Shanghai
, China
. She was also selected in the Chile Open, the American open in 2006 and Golden Racket tournament held in Vietnam
. Other events included the International Table Tennis Tournament in DPR Korea in 2009. In the same year, she also represented India in the Indian Open ITTF Protour held at Indore
, India. She donned the Indian jersey yet again in the 19th Asian Table Tennis championship
held in Lucknow
, India.
, India, in January 2011, Mamta Prabhu represented the Maharashtra A team. In the singles evet, Mamta reached the finals for the first time but lost to current India no. 2, K. Shamini
of the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB).
In the team event, she won all the matches in the championship taking Maharashtra A to the semi-finals. However despite winning both the matches in the semifinal, the team lost 2-3 to the strong West Bengal team.
In 2007, she won a Gold Medal in the Indian Open Table Tennis tournament held in Shillong
, India.
PERFOMANCE IN THE FIELD OF TABLETENNIS
WINNER OF “SHIV CHATRAPATI AWARD ” FROM MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN TABLETENNIS IN YEAR 2005 .
WINNER OF THANE GUNIJAN AWARD FROM THANE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
RECORD OF WINNING MAHARASHTRA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CONSECUTIVE 6YRS .
INTERNATIONAL
REPRESENTED INDIA in the COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS AT DELHI 2001
REPRESENTED INDIA AT 47TH LIEBHERR WORLD TABLETENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT PARIS(FRANCE) IN THE YEAR 2003.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PYONGYONG OPEN TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT (NORTH KOREA) HELD FROM 24TH AUGUST TO 2ND SEPTEMBER 2003 .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT SAF GAMES HELD PAKISTAN FROM 26TH MARCH 2004 .
WOMENS TEAM – GOLD MEDAL .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT MALAYSIA .
WOMENS TEAM – BRONZE IN YEAR 2004
REPRESENTED INDIA AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT CHINA IN YEAR 2005.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ITTF PRO TOUR HELD AT USA IN 2005.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ITTF PRO TOUR HELD AT CHILE IN 2005 .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT GOLDEN RACQUET TABLETENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
HELD AT VIETNAM 2006.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PYONGYONG OPEN TABLETENNIS TOURNAMENT
HELD AT NORTH KOREA 2006
WOMENS TEAM – 4TH PLACE .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT WORLD RAILWAYS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT CZEC REPUBLIC 2006.
WOMENS TEAM – BRONZE MEDAL
WOMENS SINGLES – BRONZE MEDAL
MIXED DOUBLES – BRONZE MEDAL
WOMENS DOUBLES – BRONZE MEDAL
REPRESENTED INDIA AT COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT JAIPUR 2007
REPRESENTED INDIA AT GOLDEN RACQUET TABLETENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT VIETNAM
WOMENS TEAM -4TH PLACE
MIXED DOUBLES -5TH PLACE
REPRESENTED INDIA AT INTERNATIONAL PRO TOUR HELD AT INDORE 2009
WOMENS SINGLES – PRE QUARTERS
WOMENS DOUBLES- QUARTER FINALIST
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT LUCKNOW 2009
REPRESENTED INDIA AT SOUTH ASIAN GAMES HELD AT DHAKA(BANGLADESH) 2009
WOMENS TEAM – GOLD MEDAL
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT QATAR 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT KUWAIT 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT NEW DELHI 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES,NEW DELHI 2010
WOMENS TEAM – SILVER MEDAL
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ASIAN GAMES (GUANGZHOU) 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT POLAND 2011
REPRESENTED INDIA AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROTTERDAM,NETHERLAND 2011
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT MILWAUKEE, USA 2011
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player from Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. She is an integral part of the Indian women Table Tennis team. As of July 2011, she is ranked 356rd in the overall International Table Tennis Federation
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations.-Founding history:The ITTF was founded in 1926, the nine founding members being Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales...
(ITTF) women rankings. She stands 4th in the Indian contingent.
Early life
Mamta Prabhu is an alumnus of the S. E. S. high school and junior college, ThaneThane
Thane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
. She started playing Table Tennis at a young age of 8 years in 1991.It was destiny that she started Tabletennis .Her parents had taken her brother and Mamata for enrolling them in Tabltennis club nearby her house .It so happened that her Coach Dilip Hate enrolled her brother and suggested her parents to bring her after a year as her height was even below the table . Then she accompanied her brother to tabletennis club but wasn't allowed to play .She used to sit there for hours one one place and watched other kids play till the last player stopped .After observing her doing the same for many days her coach thought she might be interested and asked her to join .One Sunday morning he came to her house and told her we ll go for a tournament, a local district match .After reaching the venue, they were informed that only one entry was available and there were two girls standing, It was decided that a lottrey will be held .Before a 9 year could understand what lottrey meant to need to pic the chit the other girl already had picked up the chit and she remained standing there, but destiny has its own way and the lest over chit gave her the entry for her first tournament . She has played through various local clubs during her school life.One of funniest part was she could not stay awake and use to doze off at after 7.30 pm so her parents and brother took special care of her as she could sleep anywhere .At her first state championship after staying on stadium for the whole day she got tired and as usual habbit she slept off in the stadium itself .When the team understood that she was missing they searched the whole stadium and found her sleeping in one corner, such was the case that since she was small one of the senior picked her up and carried her to the room .After seeing this her coach just to stop her habbit and make her strong started keepin practice at 7 in evening .In her initial Dilip Hate played a stellar role in shaping her career, to instill discipline in her he closed the club gates even if she was a minute late in the club .At age of 12 she was selected for Petroleum Tabletennis Academy to train under Chinese Coach at Ajmer, Rajasthan . She turned pro in December 2006. She used to play for Central Railway earlier, later switching to Dena Bank.She loved to play all games and was very naughty kid in school .She always ended up sharing her brothers beatings from her parents .
Personal
Mamta is a BCom graduate from Mulund College of Commerce .She has completed Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Welingkar College Her main hobby is Surfing Net, reading books,vsiting new places and eating new cuisines.She loves to be with children.Playing style and equipments
Mamta's style of playing is OffensiveTable tennis styles
Table tennis is unique among racket sports in that it supports a large variety of different styles of players. As players' levels increase, the diversity of styles decreases slightly, because technically weak styles are quickly eliminated. But even at the very top of international table tennis,...
. She uses Challenger Attack (pimples) and Donic Acuda S-1 on Stiga CR Blade .
World Events
Mamta Prabhu participated in the recently held Delhi Commonwealthh Games, 2010 in India and later in the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010, held in China as a member of the Indian Women table tennis team. In Commonwealth games Mamta was a part of the team that won Silver medal for India. India lost 0-3 to Singapore.In the Asian Games, Mamta beat Mohamed Mueena of Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
convincingly in the first match of the group in all the three sets with a score of 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 in a span of just 12 mins contributing to the 3-0 victory of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
over Maldives
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
. However India after reaching quarter finals, were beat by China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
0-3.
However in the doubles event while playing with Mouma Das
Mouma Das
Mouma Das is a table-tennis player from West Bengal, India. She has won the National Table-tennis Championship for two consecutive years . She was born and brought up in Madhyamgram, a suburb near Calcutta.-External links:**...
, she went down to the Singaporean pair of Li Jiawei and Sun Beibei
Sun Beibei
Sun Beibei is a Singaporean table tennis player. She occupies the 20th place in the ITTF women's world ranking, as of October 2011.-Career records:Singles *World Championships: round of 32 ....
, 5-11, 5-11, 2-11.
She also repressented India in the 48th World Table Tennis Championship
World Table Tennis Championships
The World Table Tennis Championships are held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Seven events were included in the Championships. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in...
in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. She was also selected in the Chile Open, the American open in 2006 and Golden Racket tournament held in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. Other events included the International Table Tennis Tournament in DPR Korea in 2009. In the same year, she also represented India in the Indian Open ITTF Protour held at Indore
Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
, India. She donned the Indian jersey yet again in the 19th Asian Table Tennis championship
Asian Table Tennis Championships
The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament regarded as continental championships by International Table Tennis Federation . From 1952 to 1972, the tournament was organized by the Table Tennis Federation of Asia...
held in Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, India.
National Championship
In the recently held 72nd Senior National & Inter-State Table Tennis Championship, in KolkataKolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, India, in January 2011, Mamta Prabhu represented the Maharashtra A team. In the singles evet, Mamta reached the finals for the first time but lost to current India no. 2, K. Shamini
Shamini Kumaresan
Shamini Kumaresan is a professional table tennis player from Tamil Nadu, India. She led the women's team which won the silver in the 19th Commonwealth table tennis championship held at Delhi in 2010- References :...
of the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB).
In the team event, she won all the matches in the championship taking Maharashtra A to the semi-finals. However despite winning both the matches in the semifinal, the team lost 2-3 to the strong West Bengal team.
In 2007, she won a Gold Medal in the Indian Open Table Tennis tournament held in Shillong
Shillong
-Connectivity:Although well connected by road, Shillong has no rail connection and a proper air connection. Umroi Airport exists but has only limited flights.-Roadways:Shillong is well connected by roads with all major north eastern states...
, India.
PERFOMANCE IN THE FIELD OF TABLETENNIS
WINNER OF “SHIV CHATRAPATI AWARD ” FROM MAHARASHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN TABLETENNIS IN YEAR 2005 .
WINNER OF THANE GUNIJAN AWARD FROM THANE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
RECORD OF WINNING MAHARASHTRA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CONSECUTIVE 6YRS .
INTERNATIONAL
REPRESENTED INDIA in the COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS AT DELHI 2001
REPRESENTED INDIA AT 47TH LIEBHERR WORLD TABLETENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT PARIS(FRANCE) IN THE YEAR 2003.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PYONGYONG OPEN TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT (NORTH KOREA) HELD FROM 24TH AUGUST TO 2ND SEPTEMBER 2003 .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT SAF GAMES HELD PAKISTAN FROM 26TH MARCH 2004 .
WOMENS TEAM – GOLD MEDAL .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT MALAYSIA .
WOMENS TEAM – BRONZE IN YEAR 2004
REPRESENTED INDIA AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT CHINA IN YEAR 2005.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ITTF PRO TOUR HELD AT USA IN 2005.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ITTF PRO TOUR HELD AT CHILE IN 2005 .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT GOLDEN RACQUET TABLETENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
HELD AT VIETNAM 2006.
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PYONGYONG OPEN TABLETENNIS TOURNAMENT
HELD AT NORTH KOREA 2006
WOMENS TEAM – 4TH PLACE .
REPRESENTED INDIA AT WORLD RAILWAYS CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT CZEC REPUBLIC 2006.
WOMENS TEAM – BRONZE MEDAL
WOMENS SINGLES – BRONZE MEDAL
MIXED DOUBLES – BRONZE MEDAL
WOMENS DOUBLES – BRONZE MEDAL
REPRESENTED INDIA AT COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT JAIPUR 2007
REPRESENTED INDIA AT GOLDEN RACQUET TABLETENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT VIETNAM
WOMENS TEAM -4TH PLACE
MIXED DOUBLES -5TH PLACE
REPRESENTED INDIA AT INTERNATIONAL PRO TOUR HELD AT INDORE 2009
WOMENS SINGLES – PRE QUARTERS
WOMENS DOUBLES- QUARTER FINALIST
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT LUCKNOW 2009
REPRESENTED INDIA AT SOUTH ASIAN GAMES HELD AT DHAKA(BANGLADESH) 2009
WOMENS TEAM – GOLD MEDAL
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT QATAR 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT KUWAIT 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT NEW DELHI 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT COMMONWEALTH GAMES,NEW DELHI 2010
WOMENS TEAM – SILVER MEDAL
REPRESENTED INDIA AT ASIAN GAMES (GUANGZHOU) 2010
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT POLAND 2011
REPRESENTED INDIA AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROTTERDAM,NETHERLAND 2011
REPRESENTED INDIA AT PRO TOUR HELD AT MILWAUKEE, USA 2011