Manav Thakkar Age, Family, Biography

Full Name Manav Vikash Thakkar Other Name Manav Vikas Thakkar Profession Table Tennis Player Physical Stats Height (approx.) 5′ 10″ (178 cm) Eye Colour Black Hair Colour Black Table Tennis Coach/Mentor • Anshul Garg
• Francisco Santos
• Deepak Malik

• Yen Wei
• Massimo Constantini
• Vahed Malubhaiwala
Grip Type Right-handed shakehand grip Playing Style Offensive Playing Hand Right Medals Gold Medal
• 2023: Men’s singles at UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

• 2023: Men’s Singles at the UTT National Ranking TT Championship in Hyderabad

• 2023: Men’s Team at 84th Inter-State Senior National Table Tennis Championships in Jammu
• 2023: Men’s mixed double team at 84th Inter-State Senior National Table Tennis Championships in Jammu

Silver Medal
2024: Men’s singles in World Table Tennis (WTT) Feeder in Beirut, Lebanon
2024: Mixed doubles in World Table Tennis (WTT) Feeder in Beirut, Lebanon

Bronze Medal
• 2023: Men’s Team at 84th Inter-State Senior National Table Tennis Championships in Jammu

• 2023: Men’s team at 2023 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea
• 2021: Men’s team at 2021 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar
• 2021: Men’s Double team at 2021 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar

• 2018: Men’s team at 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia

Records (main ones) First Indian to be ranked world number one at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) under-21 level
Awards • Khel Pratibha Puraskar (Gujarat State award of sportsmanship to winners of national and international level competitions) in February 2024

• Consistent Performer of the Year Award from the GoSports Foundation in 2017

• National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement in sport from the Honourable President of India in 2015
Personal Life Date of Birth 14 April 2000 (Friday) Age (as of 2024) 24 Years Birthplace Rajkot, Gujarat Zodiac sign Aries Nationality Indian Hometown Surat School Petroleum Table Tennis Academy (PSPB Table Tennis Academy), Ajmer, Rajasthan Educational Qualification Pursuing B.A. in Psychology and English Literature (as of June 2024) Food Habit Eggetarian Hobbies Watching films and web series Social Media • Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter Relationships & More Marital Status Unmarried Family Parents Father– Vikas Thakkar (ophthalmologist)
Mother– Kalpana Thakkar (ayurveda doctor)
Favourites Cricketer MS Dhoni Table Tennis Player Jan-Ove Waldner Food Thepla Beverage Coffee