Wikipedia - Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian former table tennis player. He is a ten time national champion. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. In 2022, he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour. He beat Joo Se Hyuk and Chuang Chih-yuan, world no. 8 and 16 respectively in 2015 28th Asian cup at Jaipur. He was awarded the Arjuna Award back in 2004. He announced his retirement from the sport in 2025.
He won the gold at the Commonwealth Championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He won the gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, beating crowd fave William Henzell in the final and helped clinch gold in the team event against Singapore. He teamed up with Subhajit Saha to win the doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He won three medals in 2018 Commonwealth Games; Gold in men's team event; Silver in men's doubles; and bronze in men's singles event.
Sharath qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after beating Iran's Noshad Alamian in the Asian Olympic qualification. However, he made a first round exit in the men's individual event. He is an alumnus of PSBB Nungambakkam school (class of 2000) and Loyola College, Chennai. He is employed with the Indian Oil Corporation as an officer.