Sutirtha Mukherjee

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|10|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Naihati, West Bengal, India

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Sutirtha Mukherjee (born 10 October 1995) is an Indian table tennis player from West Bengal.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2101911|title=Sutirtha Mukherjee|website=olympedia.org|access-date=25 June 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimatetabletennis.in/player/180-chennai-lions-sutirtha-mukherjee|title=Sutirtha Mukherjee|website=ultimatetabletennis.in|access-date=25 June 2023}} She has won national table tennis championship and also was a part of gold medal winning Indian women's team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2018/apr/05/commonwealth-games-india-beat-sri-lanka-in-womens-table-tennis-1797318.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152936/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2018/apr/05/commonwealth-games-india-beat-sri-lanka-in-womens-table-tennis-1797318.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 April 2018 | title=Commonwealth Games: India beat Sri Lanka in women's Table Tennis | publisher=New Indian Games | date=5 April 2018 | access-date=5 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ultimatetabletennis.in/players/23-sutirtha-mukherjee-player-profile | title=SUTIRTHA MUKHERJEE | access-date=5 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n6007296-sutirtha-mukherjee.htm | title=Sutirtha Mukherjee | publisher=Gold Cost 2018 | access-date=16 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://www.anandabazar.com/sport/cwg-2018-bengal-s-sutirtha-mukherjee-won-gold-in-group-event-of-tt-1.784481 | title=এশিয়ান গেমসে সুতীর্থার লক্ষ্য সোনা | publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |lang=bn-IN| date=10 April 2018 | access-date=16 April 2018}} Mukherjee also represented India at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 Asian Games.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-30 |title=Asian Games 2023: Sutirtha-Ayhika create history, reach women's double table tennis semis |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/asian-games-2023-sutirtha-ayhika-create-history-reach-womens-double-table-tennis-semis-101696076549955.html |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}She won the bronze medal for India in women's doubles table tennis in the 2022 Asian Games.{{cite web | last=Desk | first=TOI Sports | title=Asian Games: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee clinch bronze in table tennis women's doubles — Asian Games 2023 News | website=The Times of India | date=2 Oct 2023 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023/india-asian-games/asian-games-sutirtha-mukherjee-and-ayhika-mukherjee-clinch-bronze-medal-in-table-tennis/articleshow/104101769.cms?from=mdr | access-date=2 Oct 2023}}{{cite web | last=Swaminathan | first=Swaroop | title=Unshakeable bond behind table tennis duo Ayhika-Sutirtha's bronze | website=The New Indian Express | date=2 Oct 2023 | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2023/oct/02/unshakeable-bond-behindtable-tennis-duo-ayhika-sutirthas-bronze-2620221.html | access-date=2 Oct 2023}}

Career

Mukherjee represented India and began winning titles in ITTF junior events in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=28752&Competition_ID=2159&|title=A Full House of Titles for Sutirtha Mukherjee as Indian Girls Set the Standard|website=ittf.com|date=13 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819051810/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=28752&Competition_ID=2159&|archive-date=19 August 2012|url-status=dead}} She was registered as a player born on 10 October 1997 and made it to participate in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, which was eligible for athletes born between 1996 and 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/PDF_Upload/pictures/PDF23170.pdf|title=List of Participants at the Guatelama Junior & Cadet Open|website=ittf.com|date=8 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819051841/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/PDF_Upload/pictures/PDF23170.pdf|archive-date=19 August 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/juniors/2013/WJTTC_Rabat/WJTTC_Rabat_2013_entries.pdf|title=Entries at the 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships|website=ittf.com|date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525114352/http://www.ittf.com/juniors/2013/WJTTC_Rabat/WJTTC_Rabat_2013_entries.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2059&category=YOG|title=2014 Second Youth Olympic Games|website=ittf.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822200942/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2059&category=YOG|archive-date=22 August 2014}} The Central Bureau of Investigation in 2014 initiated an inquiry against several table tennis players for allegedly participating in underage categories of competitions by producing forged age records.{{cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/3-table-tennis-players-banned-fudging-age-record-948|title=3 Table Tennis players banned for fudging age record|website=The Asian Age|date=30 June 2016|access-date=25 June 2023}} After the matter was probed in 2016, the Table Tennis Federation of India banned Mukherjee for a year for allegedly fudging her age record.

In 2018, Mukherjee won women's singles title at the Senior National Table Tennis Championships in India and became a part of gold medal winning Indian women's team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/sutirtha-i-was-very-confident-205205 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153820/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/sutirtha-i-was-very-confident-205205 | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 April 2018 | title=Sutirtha: I was very confident | newspaper=Telegraph India | date=1 February 2018 | access-date=5 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://www.timesnownews.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2018-cwg/article/cwg-2018-complete-list-of-indias-gold-medalist-from-21st-commonwealth-games-in-gold-coast/217584 | title=CWG 2018: Complete list of India's gold medalist from 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast | publisher=Times Now | date=15 April 2018 | access-date=16 April 2018}}

In 2021, Mukherjee represented India at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-18|title=Table tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee and G Sathiyan qualify for Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31087289/table-tennis-sutirtha-mukherjee-g-sathiyan-qualify-tokyo-olympics-manika-batra-sharath-kamal-all-through|access-date=2021-04-10|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} Fellow compatriot Manika Batra accused Indian national coach Soumyadeep Roy of pressuring her to throw a match at the Olympic qualifiers (in March) to Mukherjee to allow Mukherjee to qualify.{{Cite web |last=Edgesandnets |date=2021-09-04 |title=Manika Batra Accuses Indian National Coach of Match-Fixing |url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/09/04/manika-batra-accuses-indian-national-coach-of-match-fixing/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Edges And Nets |language=en-US}} A committee composed of two former Supreme Court judges found that Roy had indeed tried to manipulate the match but found no evidence of Batra throwing the match away in an eventual loss to Mukherjee.{{Cite news |last=Ohri |first=Raghav |title=Match-fixing allegations: Inquiry report blames national coach Soumyadeep Roy, Table Tennis Federation of India |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/match-fixing-allegations-inquiry-report-blames-national-coach-soumyadeep-roy-table-tennis-federation-of-india/articleshow/89790361.cms |access-date=2022-07-27}}

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to women's doubles final at the WTT Contender Muscat in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WDOUBLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2531|title=WTT Contender Muscat 2022|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=26 June 2023}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/1051541/table-tennis-sutirtha-mukherjee-and-ayhika-mukherjee-win-first-tour-title-at-wtt-contender-in-tunis|title=Table tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee win first tour title at WTT Contender in Tunis|website=scroll.in|date=25 June 2023|access-date=26 June 2023}} Later 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. At 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships, Ayhika Mukherjee and 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.

References

External links

{{Olympics.com|sutirtha-mukherjee}}
{{2022 Asian Games profile|table-tennis/athlete-profile-n2001010-mukherjee-sutirtha}}
{{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|table-tennis/athlete-profile-n6007296-sutirtha-mukherjee}}

Category:1995 births

Category:Living people

Category:Indian female table tennis players

Category:Olympic table tennis players for India

Category:Table tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Category:Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India

Category:Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Category:Asian Games medalists in table tennis

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India