WTT Contender Doha | 03/23 15:30 | 2 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Licen Yuan | L | 3-4 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 03/23 10:40 | 3 | Tomislav Pucar v Sharath Kamal Achanta | W | 0-3 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 03/22 14:40 | 4 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Lim Jonghoon | W | 3-1 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 03/21 15:50 | 5 | Fahed Almughanne v Sharath Kamal Achanta | W | 0-3 | |
WTT Singapore Smash | 03/12 12:30 | 6 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Anton Kallberg | L | 1-3 | |
World Championship | 11/23 19:00 | 57 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Cedric Nuytinck | L | 1-4 | |
WTT Contender Novo Mesto | 11/12 12:25 | - | Jingkun Liang v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 3-0 | |
WTT Contender Novo Mesto | 11/11 15:10 | - | Takuya Jin v Sharath Kamal Achanta | W | 0-3 | |
WTT Contender Lasko | 11/04 19:55 | - | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Yuto Kizukuri | L | 1-3 | |
WTT Contender Tunis | 10/27 14:00 | - | Vitor Ishiy v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 3-2 | |
Asian Championship | 10/03 17:30 | - | Sangsu Lee v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 3-0 | |
Asian Championship | 10/01 06:30 | - | Sangsu Lee v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 3-2 | |
Olympics 2020 - Men | 07/27 03:00 | 9 | Long Ma v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 4-1 | |
Olympics 2020 - Men | 07/26 01:00 | 8 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Tiago Apolonia | W | 4-2 | |
Olympic Qualification | 03/18 07:00 | - | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | - | View | |
Olympic Qualification | 03/14 13:01 | - | Niagol Stoyanov v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 4-2 | |
WTT Star Contender Doha | 03/10 12:20 | 1 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Dimitrij Ovtcharov | L | 0-3 | |
WTT Star Contender Doha | 03/09 09:00 | 1 | Patrick Franziska v Sharath Kamal Achanta | W | 2-3 | |
WTT Star Contender Doha | 03/08 13:15 | 1 | Brian Afanador v Sharath Kamal Achanta | W | 1-3 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 03/04 11:40 | 1 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Yun-Ju Lin | L | 0-3 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 03/03 13:15 | 1 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Pavel Sirucek | W | 3-2 | |
Oman Open | 03/15 12:30 | 1 | Marcos Freitas v Sharath Kamal Achanta | W | 2-4 | |
Oman Open | 03/15 08:30 | 2 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Kirill Skachkov | W | 4-3 | |
Oman Open | 03/14 16:05 | 3 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Benedek Olah | W | 4-1 | |
Oman Open | 03/14 10:55 | 4 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Aliaksandr Khanin | W | 4-1 | |
Oman Open | 03/13 14:20 | 5 | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Manush Utpalbhai Shah | W | 4-0 | |
World Team Olympic Quals | 01/25 17:00 | - | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Lubomir Jancarik | W | 3-1 | |
World Team Olympic Quals | 01/24 14:30 | - | Darko Jorgic v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 3-1 | |
World Team Olympic Quals | 01/22 18:00 | - | Sharath Kamal Achanta v Eric Glod | W | 3-1 | |
North American Open | 12/07 01:45 | - | Wei Cao v Sharath Kamal Achanta | L | 4-1 |
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian professional table tennis player. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten time Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight-time National Champion Kamlesh Mehta. In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award and in 2022, he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour. He is ranked 32 in ITTF world ranking. He beat Joo Se Hyuk and Chuang Chih-yuan, world no. 8 and 16 respectively in 2015 28th Asian cup at Jaipur. Sharath won the men's singles gold in the 16th Commonwealth table tennis championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award for the year 2004.
He won the Gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, beating crowd favourite Australian William Henzell in the final, apart from helping the Indian team clinch gold in the table tennis team event against Singapore. He teamed up with Subhajit Saha to win the Men's Doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He won three medals in 2018 Commonwealth Games; Gold in men's team event; Silver in men's doubles; and bronze in men's singles event.
Sharath qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after beating Iran's Noshad Alamian in the Asian Olympic qualification. However, he made a first round exit in the men's individual event. He is an alumnus of PSBB Nungambakkam school (class of 2000) and Loyola College, Chennai. He is employed with the Indian Oil Corporation as an officer.