Subhajit Saha is a professional

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player from

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, India. He won the men's doubles gold at the 19th Commonwealth Games' table tennis championship held at

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in 2010.

Early life

Saha is a

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and hails from

Siliguri Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian sta ...

Delhi Commonwealth Games

At the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

, he won the gold medal in the men's doubles event with Sharath Kamal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saha, Subhajit 1980s births Living people Bengali sportspeople Indian male table tennis players Racket sportspeople from West Bengal Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games People from Siliguri Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis Asian Games competitors for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games