Reeth Rishya is an Indian table tennis player who has won several medals in various national and international competitions. He is considered an attacking player and has trained at various academies in Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. She is the first Indian woman player to win gold in a pro table tennis tournament in the singles category.
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Wiki/Biography
Reeth Rishya Tennyson was born on Thursday, 27 April 1995 (age 27 years; as in 2022) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He studied at Kaligi Ranganathan Montford MHSS, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu till 10th standard and thereafter, at St. Joseph’s Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His interest in table tennis grew from his father as he was also a table tennis player. He trained at the Maharishi Vidya Mandir Club under coaches VM Ravi Venkatesh, V. Vasu, Ramesh Babu and Bharat. She attended MOP Vaishnav College for Women in Chennai for her graduation.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 2″
Weight (Approx): 55 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: brown
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Susairaj Tennyson and mother’s name is Jennifer. His father was a district level table tennis player, and his mother is a housewife. He has a brother named Adrian Anish, who is an entrepreneur.
Reeth Rishiya’s father, Susairaj Tennyson, Reeth Rishiya, and Reeth Rishiya’s mother, Jennifer (left to right)
Reeth Rishya’s brother, Adrian Anish
husband and children
She married fellow Indian table tennis player Sanil Shetty from Mumbai, Maharashtra on 23 December 2018. They knew each other since early 2010 as they both played in various competitions and were friends for a long time. Sanil proposed to her during a training camp and after a brief relationship, they got married in Mumbai. As of 2022, the couple has no children.
Reeth Rishya with her husband Sanil Shetty
religion/religious views
She follows Christianity.
livelihood
Reith has competed in district-level tournaments since 2008 and participated in the 2009 Taiyuan International Junior and Cadet Open. He won several state level ranking tournaments in 2010. In 2011, she participated in the US Open, 2011 French Junior and Cadet Open, and 2011 Spanish Junior and Cadet Open tournaments, and represented India at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships held in 2011. In Bahrain. She competed at the 2012 Spanish Junior and Cadet Open, the 2012 Slovak Junior Open and the 2012 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Hyderabad, India. In 2013, he competed at the 2013 Polish Junior and Cadet Open, 2013 Slovak Junior Open, 2013 Indian Junior and Cadet Open and the 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships held in Rabat, Morocco. In 2015, he participated in the Austrian Open (Major) and Belgian Open (Challenge). In 2016, he participated in the Asarel Bulgaria Open (major) and the Czech Open (major). In 2017, he participated in the Nigeria Open. After her marriage, she represented Mumbai or Maharashtra in tournaments and started training at the AV Sports Center Academy in Hyderabad under coaches Aman Balgu and Vighnay Reddy. He participated in the 2020 ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open and the 2021 ITTF Middle East Hub, held in Muscat. He won the 2021 ITTF Ecuador International Open held in Ecuador. They competed at the 2022 WTT Contenders Zagreb and the 2022 WTT Feeder Olomouc. In 2022, he represented India at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Reeth Rishya (left) with her coach Aman Balagu
medal
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- 2012: South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship – Junior Girls Singles category
- 2012: South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships – Junior Girls Doubles Category
- 2015: National Ranking Table Tennis Championships (South Zone) – Youth Girls Singles Category
- 2017: Tamil Nadu Table Tennis State Championship – Women’s Singles Category
- 2021: Ecuador International Open – Women’s Singles
Reeth Rishya after winning gold medal at Ecuador International Open
- 2021: Dr. Ramesh Prabhu Memorial 82nd Maharashtra State Table Tennis Tournament – Women’s Singles
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- 2009: Indian Junior and Cadet Open – Cadet Girls Doubles Category
- 2009: Indian Junior and Cadet Open – Cadet Girls Singles Category
- 2010: Global Cadet Challenge and Global Junior Circuit Finals – Cadet Girls Singles Category
- 2013: Indian Junior and Cadet Open – Junior Girls Doubles Category
- 2015: All India Public Sector Table Tennis Team Tournament – Women’s Singles Category
- 2015: All India Public Sector Table Tennis Team Tournament – Women’s Team Category
- 2016: National Ranking Table Tennis Championship (Eastern Zone) – Women’s Singles Category
- 2018: All India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament – Women’s Team Category
- 2019: 49th All India Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championship – Mixed Doubles Category
- 2021: Ecuador International Open – Women’s Doubles
- 2021: 82nd Senior National Table Tennis Championships – Women’s Singles
- 2022: 36th National Games – Women’s Team Category
Reeth Rishya (second from left) at the 36th National Games.
Brass
- 2011: Indian Junior and Cadet Open – Junior Girls Doubles Category
- 2016: National Ranking Table Tennis Championship (Central Zone) – Women’s Singles Category
- 2017: 78th Senior National Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles Category
- 2017: 78th Senior National Table Tennis Championships – Women’s Team Category
- 2018: 79th Senior National and Interstate Table Tennis Championship – Mixed Doubles Category
- 2021: Ecuador International Open – Mixed doubles category
- 2022: 36th National Games – Women’s Doubles
Facts/General Knowledge
- She won the gold medal in the singles category of the Ecuador International Open 2022 and thus became the first woman to win gold in the women’s singles category in a professional table tennis tournament.
- He was selected for Team Tapti Tigers in the first edition of the Gujarat State League Table Tennis Tournament in 2022; However, she could not play due to the death of her father-in-law.
today’s fresh news:
This is to inform you all that Swatiska Ghosh is replacing Reeth Rishiya and will play for Tapti Tigers. Due to the sudden demise of Reeth Rishiya’s father-in-law, she will not be able to play in the GSL Table Tennis League. pic.twitter.com/UPb2jTmrAA
– Tapti Tigers (@Tapti_Tigers) 14 August 2022
- She is a pet lover and has rescued stray dogs and sold them for adoption.
- He has several tattoos on his left arm and left thigh.
A tattoo of Reeth Rishya
- She was ranked No. 1 in the rankings released by the Table Tennis Federation of India on 1 May 2022.
- He is working as SRO, a tenure-based player in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
- She was the highest paid female player in the 2017 edition of Table Tennis Super League – Tamil Nadu and was picked for Rs 40,500.
- In her first Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham in 2022, she lost to Singapore’s Feng Twi in the round of 16 in the women’s singles category. She lost in the quarterfinals of the women’s doubles event and the women’s team event.
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