Table Tennis | Athlete Profile: Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  08 Jan 1993
Place of Birth:  Chennai Tamil Nadu
Country of birth:  IND
Age:  25
Gender:   Men

Height (cm): 168
Weight (Kg): 49

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Table Tennis	Men's Team IND India	1
	Men's Singles	5
	Men's Doubles IND ACHANTA Sharath/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan	2
	Mixed Doubles IND GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/BATRA Manika	3

Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Thu, 5 Apr 12:00	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 2	Men's Team Group 1 IND India 3 TTO Trinidad and Tobago 0	Finished
Thu, 5 Apr 18:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 3	Men's Team Group 1 IND India 3 NIR Northern Ireland 0	Finished
Sat, 7 Apr 12:00	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Men's Team Quarterfinal 1 IND India 3 MAS Malaysia 0	Finished
Mon, 9 Apr 9:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Men's Team Semifinal 1 IND India 3 SGP Singapore 2	Finished
Mon, 9 Apr 18:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Men's Team Gold Medal Match IND India 3 NGR Nigeria 0	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 12:25	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 3	Men's Doubles Round of 32 IND ACHANTA Sharath/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan 3 KIR MIITA Tauramoa/TAKOOA Nooa 0	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 16:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 2	Mixed Doubles Round of 32 MAS LEONG Chee Feng/HO Ying 0 IND GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/BATRA Manika 3	Finished
Wed, 11 Apr 20:15	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 6	Men's Singles Round of 32 PAK Muhammad RAMEEZ 0 IND Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN 4	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 11:50	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 3	Mixed Doubles Round of 16 CAN MEDJUGORAC Marko/COTE Alicia 2 IND GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/BATRA Manika 3	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 16:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Men's Singles Round of 16 NGR Segun TORIOLA (RET) 0 IND Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN 4	Finished
Thu, 12 Apr 17:55	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 3	Men's Doubles Round of 16 IND ACHANTA Sharath/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan 3 SRI JAYASINGHA MUDIYANSELAGE Buwaneka/RANASINGHA Imesh 0	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 9:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 3	Men's Doubles Quarterfinal 1 IND ACHANTA Sharath/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan 3 ENG McBEATH David/WALKER Samuel 0	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 10:40	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 5	Mixed Doubles Quarterfinal 4 SGP PANG Xue Jie/ZHOU Yihan 0 IND GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/BATRA Manika 3	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 16:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Men's Singles Quarterfinal 4 ENG Samuel WALKER 4 IND Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN 0	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 18:00	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Men's Doubles Semifinal 1 IND ACHANTA Sharath/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan 3 SGP PANG Yew En Koen/POH Shao Feng Ethan 1	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 10:05	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Mixed Doubles Semifinal 2 ENG PITCHFORD Liam/HO Tin-Tin 3 IND GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/BATRA Manika 2	Finished
Sat, 14 Apr 20:45	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match IND ACHANTA Sharath/GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan 2 ENG DRINKHALL Paul/PITCHFORD Liam 3	Finished
Sun, 15 Apr 9:30	-	Oxenford Studios, TT Table 1	Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match IND ACHANTA Sharath/DAS Mouma 0 IND GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan/BATRA Manika 3	Finished

Legend

RET: Retired

Biographical Information

Highlights:

World Championships
Year	Location	Event	Rank
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	Men's Singles	R128
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	Men's Doubles	R32
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	Mixed Doubles	R32
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	Men's Team	25
2015	Suzhou, CHN	Men's Singles	R64
2015	Suzhou, CHN	Men's Doubles	R64

Nickname: Sathi (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Hobbies:

Watching movies, reading books (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)

Occupation: Athlete and engineer. (ittf.com, 18 Jun 2017)
Education: Engineering and IT
Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Tamil (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Coach:

PERSONAL: S RAMAN (IND) (ittf.com, 26 Sep 2016)
NATIONAL: Massimo CONSTANTINI (ITA) (ttif.org, 16 Apr 2017)
CLUB: N RAVICHANDRAN (IND), Ilija LUPULESKU (USA) (Facebook, 20 Jun 2017)

Position style: Right-handed, shakehand grip
Injuries:

A hernia in 2015 put him out for a month. (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)

Reason: "My mother just wanted to put me in a sport to keep me fit, engaged and not waste time in the evening. Table tennis was just an accident, as a new table tennis centre started close to my house." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Ambition: "To be a world class table tennis player and get into the top 20." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Memorable: "Belgium Open World Tour 2016 gold medallist." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Hero: "Swiss tennis player Roger FEDERER, for his elegance and the ease with which he plays. It is my dream to meet him in person." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Influence: "My father, as he always taught me to fight hard no matter what." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)
Ritual: "I keep my practise quite specific, have a good diet and pray to my god." (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)

Additional information:

NUMBER TWO
Only the second Indian player to win a men's singles title on the ITTF World Tour, after beating local Cedric NUYTINCK in the final of the 2016 Belgium Open. (ittf.com, 18 Jun 2017)

MULTISKILLED
A qualified engineer. (Athlete, 4 Jul 2017)

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Legend

: Gold

: Silver

: Bronze

: Gold Medal Event

: Bronze Medal Event

Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN

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Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN - Schedule

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