Name of the sportsperson: Mamta Prabhu
Discipline: Table Tennis
Date of Birth: 01-03-1983
State: Maharashtra
Achievements and Awards:
• Won a Gold Medal in the Indian Open Table Tennis tournament, 2007.
• Winner of “SHIV CHATRAPATI AWARD” in the year 2005.
• Winner of “THANE GUNIJAN AWARD”.
• Winning MAHARASHTRA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CONSECUTIVE 6YRS.
• International Represented India in the Commonwealth Championship, 2001.
• Represented India at Commonwealth Championships, 2007.
• Won Silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2010.
• Represented India at PRO tour, USA 2011.
Profile:
Mamta Prabhu 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 women rankings. She stands 4th in the Indian contingent.
Mamta Prabhu started playing Table Tennis at a young age of 8 years in 1991. At the age of 12 she was selected for Petroleum Table Tennis 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.
Mamta Prabhu participated in the Delhi Commonwealth 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.
She also represented 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.
In the recently held 72nd Senior National & Inter-State Table Tennis Championship, in Kolkata, 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).[6]
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 Mamta is currently working as Marketing Manager at Dena Bank and also represents them at tournaments.
By Indian Sports News
