Prithika Pavade

Prithika Pavade
Personal information
Born (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 20)
Villepinte, France[1]
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand
Highest ranking19 (19 June 2024)[3]
Current ranking19 (19 June 2024)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  France
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Busan Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Warsaw Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Malmö Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Linz Mixed doubles

Prithika Pavade (born 2 August 2004) is a French table tennis player.[4] She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is currently the highest ranked French Women's singles paddler at Rank 19 as on 1 August, 2024[5]

Biography

She discovered table tennis under the influence of her father, who was born, like her mother, in Pondicherry and who played for a long time at a good level in India.[4] The family moved to Le Bourget, near the Paul-Simon gymnasium, where she played for the Bourget table tennis club. She started playing this sport when she was in the first grade. This left-handed player quickly became known for her speed and intelligence.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Prithika Pavade". olympedia.org. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Prithika Pavade". equipedefrance.com (in French). Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Rank History". results.ittf.link. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Prithika Pavade, l'étoile montante du ping". Seine-Saint-Denis – Le magazine (in French). Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ^ "ITTF Women's Rankings". ITTF TABLE TENNIS WORLD RANKING. ITTF. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ "La pépite Prithika | LeJSD". www.lejsd.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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