She might have dwindled at the Tokyo Olympics but Manika Batra has an illustrious career ahead of her, know her net worth, ranking, coach, career, life and family
Indian Table tennis player Manika Batra lost in the women’s singles event in the round 3 match against Australia’s Sophia Palcanova of the Tokyo Olympics, which was held at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym. She lost by 4-0 and the match lasted for just 27 minutes.
Manika Batra Tokyo Olympics Table Tennis Match
Both Manika and Sophia did have a good beginning to the match, but it was Sophia who was dominating the match against Manika and won the first set by 11-8. Sophia dominated the second set from the beginning and took advantage of Batra’s reverse spin and won the round very quickly by 11-2 and it lasted for just 4 minutes.
Manika Batra Net Worth
Manika Batra’s net worth is Rs. 80-90 lakhs. She lives in a 4BHK apartment with her family in Delhi. She is the owner of Piaggio Vespa Scooter which is around Rs.1 lakh. She also has a Honda City ZX, which costs around Rs.14 lakhs.
Family and parents of Manika Batra
She was born into a Hindu family. Girish Batra, her father, has always supported and encouraged her to pursue her career in table tennis. Even her elder brother Sahil and elder sister Anchal have played table tennis. She comes from a family of table tennis lovers.
Table Tennis Career, Awards And Achievements of Manika Batra
During the 2011 U-21 category of the Chile Open, Manika had won a silver medal. In the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which was held in Glasgow, she was declared as the quarterfinalist. She was also declared as the quarterfinalist in the 2014 Asian games. During the 2015, Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship, she had won three medals, which included a silver medal for the women’s team event, with Ankita and Mouma Das. She had also won a silver medal for the women’s doubles event, with Ankita Das, and had won a bronze medal for the women’s singles event.
During the 2016 South Asian Games, she had three gold medals, which included the women’s doubles event, with Pooja Sahasrubudhe and a mixed doubles event with Anthony Amalraj and for the women’s team event, with Mouma Das and Shamini Kumaresan. Batra was unable to win the fourth gold medals in the games as she was defeated by Mouma Das in the women’s single event finals.
Manika Batra ranking
She is currently placed at the 63rd position in the world. Her coach is Sanmay Paranjape.
Manika Batra Instagram
Manika is available on her Instagram hander @manikabatra.15. She’s often spotted sharing pictures of her nail polish and nail paint art on the platform.
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