Mahesh Mangaonkar (born 23 March 1994 in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
) is a professional
squash
Squash may refer to:
Sports
* Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets
* Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling
* Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...
player who represented
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 44 in January 2015. He won the prestigious
British Junior Open
The British Junior Open squash championship is considered the second most prestigious junior open squash championship after the World Junior Squash Championships. It is one of the five Tier 2 events in the WSF World Junior Squash Circuit. Briti ...
Under-15 category in 2009.
Mahesh Mangaonkar won the IMET Open 2013 in the Slovak capital Bratislava. He is the first Indian squash player to win the IMET Open.
He was a part of the Indian team, who won the gold medal at the
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
held at
Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
References
External links
*
*
1994 births
Living people
Indian male squash players
Racket sportspeople from Mumbai
Asian Games medalists in squash
Asian Games gold medalists for India
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games
Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games
Squash players at the 2022 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Competitors at the 2013 World Games
{{India-squash-bio-stub