Neha Aggarwal
{{short description|Indian table tennis player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| residence = Delhi, India
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Neha Aggarwal Sharma (born 11 January 1990) is an Indian table tennis player who participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the only woman from India to feature in that discipline.{{cite web|title=Neha Aggarwal – Interview |author=Rahul Acharya|date= 11 April 2016|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2016/April/11/Neha-Aggarwal-Interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418102748/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2016/April/11/Neha-Aggarwal-Interview|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2016|publisher=teamusa.org}} Aggarwal earned her position at the Olympics by defeating Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das, who had been favored to win. The Delhi girl, who did her schooling from Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram and her college from St. Stephen's College, Delhi,{{cite web|title= Stag Academy: Neha Aggarwal|url= http://stagtta.com/neha-aggarwal/|access-date= 31 July 2024|archive-date= 24 February 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240224170029/https://www.stagtta.com/neha-aggarwal/|url-status= live}} was the winner of Junior National Table Tennis Championship held at Ahmedabad and Kolkata. She did not receive a medal, having been eliminated after losing to Chinese born Australian Jiang Fang Lay. She has a Masters in Sports Management from Columbia University, New York.{{cite web |title=Meet the Olympian Working to Fund Indian Athletes to the Global Games |url=https://www.ivyplusnetwork.com/stories/meet-the-olympian-working-to-fund-indian-athletes |website=ivyplusnetwork.com |access-date=31 July 2024 |archive-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117165055/https://ivyplusnetwork.com/stories/meet-the-olympian-working-to-fund-indian-athletes |url-status=live }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.dpsrkp.net/sports.htm Delhi Public School]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uESl2PuAb1E TV Asia's special feature on Indian Olympic athlete Neha Aggarwal – Columbia University – NYC] on YouTube
- [https://www.sport-olympic.gr/sp/index.php/olympic-games/modern-olympic-games/summer-olympic-games/2008-beijing-summer-olympics/18839-2008-summer-olympics-the-results-table-tennis-women Table tennis at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games]
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Category:Indian female table tennis players
Category:Olympic table tennis players for India
Category:Sportswomen from Delhi
Category:Delhi Public School alumni
Category:Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:21st-century Indian women
Category:21st-century Indian people
Category:Asian Games competitors for India
Category:Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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