Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj (born 24 January 1986) is a professional table tennis player from Tamil Nadu India. He won the silver medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games in doubles with Sharath Kamal.[1]

Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj
The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Arjuna Award, 2017 to Shri A. Amalraj for Table Tennis, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2017.
Personal information
Full nameAmalraj Anthony Arputharaj
NationalityIndian
Born (1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 (age 38)
Polur, Tamil Nadu, India
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)

Arputharaj won the National Table Tennis Championship in January 2012, beating the Indian legend, Sharath Kamal in the finals.[2]

He won the Arjuna Awardee in 2017.[3]

In 2018 Commonwealth Games held at Gold Coast, Australia, he won the gold medal in men's team event with Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Sanil Shetty.[4]

He won the gold medal in South Asian games 2019 in Men's Singles Table tennis tournament.[citation needed]

He spent about 8 years at PSPB National Academy in Ajmer for his training. [1]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile at 2014 CWG official website". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. ^ Jagadish, Menas. "Indian National Champion Amalraj's Interview with TableTennisBug.com". Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Mariyappan Thangavelu, Anthony Amalraj delighted at being recommended for Arjuna Award". Firstpost. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Sharath Kamal leads India to gold medal in men's table tennis team event". Firstpost. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.