Ayhika Mukherjee

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Ayhika Mukherjee
Ayhika Mukherjee in January 2024.jpg
Ayhika in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 (age 28)
Naihati, West Bengal, India
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Club
Playing style Right-handed shakehand
Highest ranking84 (5 November 2024) [2]
Current ranking89 (19 January 2026) [3]
Medal record
Women's table tennis Table tennis pictogram.svg
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Astana Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Astana Team
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu Doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu Mixed doubles
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Cuttack Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Cuttack Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cuttack Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cuttack Mixed doubles

Ayhika Mukherjee (born 10 June 1997) is an Indian table tennis player. [4] Along with her sister Sutirtha Mukherjee, she won bronze medal in the women's doubles event at the 2022 Asian Games. [5] [6] Ayhika also won two bronze medals at the 2024 Asian Championships in the women's doubles and team events. [7] She was honored with the Arjuna Award in 2023. [8] [9]

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Career

Ayhika won the gold medal in women's singles and team at the Slovak Junior Open in 2014. [10] [11] [12] She was part of the Indian team for the 2018 Asian Games. [13] [14] [15]

Ayhika and her sister Sutirtha Mukherjee advanced to women's doubles final at the WTT Contender Muscat in 2022. The pair won their first WTT title at the WTT Contender Tunis 2023 by defeating South Korea's Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee in the semifinal before a victory against Miyuu Kihara and Miwa Harimoto of Japan in the final. In the 2022 Asian Games, they defeated the Chinese Champions Chen Meng and Wang Yidi in the quarter finals, won a historical bronze medal for India before losing to North Korea's Cha Su-yong and Pak Su-gyong in the semi finals. [16]

She also won against the World no. 1 from China, Sun Yingsha, in the World Table Tennis Team Championships 2024. At the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships, Ayhika along with her sister Sutirtha Mukherjee won bronze medal by defeating South Korea's Lee Eun-hye and Kim Nayeong in the Quarterfinals. She was also a part of the women's team that clinched first ever bronze medal in the same tournament. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "MUKHERJEE Ayhika". hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Women's singles rankings Week #29 - July 15th". ittf.com. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ayhika Mukherjee". ultimatetabletennis.in. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Asian Games: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee clinch bronze in table tennis women's doubles — Asian Games 2023 News". The Times of India . 2 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Swaminathan, Swaroop (2 October 2023). "Unshakeable bond behind table tennis duo Ayhika-Sutirtha's bronze". The New Indian Express .
  7. 1 2 "Asian TT Championships: India clinches three medals, including historic women's doubles bronze". Sportstar . 13 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Arjuna Awards 2023: President Murmu confers India's 2nd highest sports honour to cricketer Shami, archer Ojas Pravin Deotale". The Economic Times . 9 January 2024. ISSN   0013-0389.
  9. ↑ "Full list of Arjuna Awards Winners 2023". India Today . 9 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ayhika Mukherjee : India Table Tennis Player Profile and Equipment". pingpongsport.com. 6 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "List of Participants at the Guatelama Junior & Cadet Open" (PDF). ittf.com. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Entries at the 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships" (PDF). ittf.com. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Table Tennis federation announces India squad for Asian Games". The Times of India . 20 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Asian Games 2018: Here's the list of Indian squads". Mumbai Mirror. 26 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Ultimate Table Tennis 2018: Ayhika Mukherjee shines in RP-SG Mavericks' win over Maharashtra United". First Post. 17 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "Asian Games 2023: Sutirtha-Ayhika create history, reach women's double table tennis semis". Hindustan Times . 30 September 2023.
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