AKULA Sreeja

Date of Birth: 31 Jul 1998

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.57/5'2''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles
	Mixed Doubles IND DESAI Harmeet Rajul/AKULA Sreeja
	Women's Team IND India
	Women's Doubles IND AKULA Sreeja/CHITALE Diya Parag

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 5	Women's Team Preliminary -Group F #12 SGP Singapore 2 IND India 3	Finished
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Team Preliminary -Group F #18 IND India 3 NEP Nepal 0	Finished
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Team Round of 16 #21 THA Thailand 3 IND India 2	Finished
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 3	Mixed Doubles Round of 32 #42 MAC CHEONG Chi Cheng/SEAK Hui Li 0 IND DESAI Harmeet Rajul/AKULA Sreeja 3	Finished
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 6	Mixed Doubles Round of 16 #53 THA SANGUANSIN Phakpoom/PARANANG Orawan 3 IND DESAI Harmeet Rajul/AKULA Sreeja 0	Finished
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles Round of 32 #35 IND AKULA SAKULA Sreeja 0 PRK PYON SPYON Songgyong 4	Finished
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 7	Women's Doubles Round of 32 #38 IND AKULA Sreeja/CHITALE Diya Parag 3 VIE TRAN MAI Ngoc/NGUYEN THI Nga 0	Finished
	Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Doubles Round of 16 #51 JPN HARIMOTO Miwa/KIHARA Miyuu 3 IND AKULA Sreeja/CHITALE Diya Parag 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
2nd Round	Women's Doubles	2023	Durban, RSA
2nd Round	Women's Singles	2023	Durban, RSA
WTT Star Contender
3rd Round	Women's Singles	2021	Doha, QAT
1st Round	Women's Doubles	2023	Ljubljana, SLO
1st Round	Women's Doubles	2023	Goa, IND
1st Round	Women's Singles	2023	Goa, IND
ITTF World Tour
Quarterfinal	Women's Doubles	2017	New Delhi, IND
Quarterfinal	Women's Doubles	2015	Panagyurishte, BUL
1st Round	Women's Singles	2017	New Delhi, IND
1st Round	Women's Singles	2015	Panagyurishte, BUL
Asian Championships
Final 5-6	Women's Team	2021	Doha, QAT
3rd Round	Women's Singles	2021	Doha, QAT
2nd Round	Women's Doubles	2021	Doha, QAT
2nd Round	Mixed Doubles	2023	Pyeongchang, KOR
2nd Round	Women's Doubles	2023	Pyeongchang, KOR
2nd Round	Mixed Doubles	2021	Doha, QAT
2nd Round	Women's Singles	2023	Pyeongchang, KOR
South Asian Games
1	Women's Doubles	2019	Nepal
1	Women's Team	2019	Nepal

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Reserve Bank of India [India]

Somnath Ghosh [personal]

Right (ultimatetabletennis, 01 Jan 2023)

She began playing table tennis at age eight. (sportskeeda, 28 Dec 2022)

"My dad introduced me to table tennis. He was a table tennis player during his early days, but he couldn't play professionally due to financial constraints. Due to his hunger for sports, he was always putting me and my sister into one sport or another. Initially, my sister was interested and she started to play. Looking at her I also started playing table tennis." (voiceofindiansports, 12 Apr 2023)

To finish on the podium at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (thehindu, 10 Jul 2023; voiceofindiansports, 12 Apr 2023; sportstar, 15 Aug 2022)

"I start my fitness training at 06:30 in the morning and from 09:00 to 12:00 we do table practice. Then I'll come back home. We start service practice from 16:00, followed by table training until 19:30. We'll have a day off once a week. We usually don't train when we have a tournament in a few days. We'll have those days for recovery and to prepare ourselves mentally and to avoid injury. Occasionally I go for a recovery massage as well." (voiceofindiansports, 12 Apr 2023)

Indian badminton players PV Sindhu and Pullela Gopichand, Indian table tennis player Sharath Achanta. (voiceofindiansports, 12 Apr 2023)

Coach Somnath Ghosh. (thehindu, 10 Jul 2023)

In 2022 she received the Arjuna Award in India. (sportskeeda, 28 Dec 2022)

Additional Information

General
BALANCING SPORT AND STUDIES
After her sister Ravali gave up a potential career in table tennis to pursue her education, Sreeja's family encouraged her to continue playing table tennis and balance her time between sport and studies. "My sister couldn't continue with the sport because she had to give up to study engineering, and she was aware of my case and supported me through this. She told my parents not to make the same mistake as they did for herself. When we had the dilemma of choosing studies or sport, they made me choose both and supported me through everything. I am currently studying BCom [bachelor of commerce degree] and I do make room for studies in between the tournaments. My mother is really helpful with that, she even travels with me wherever I play in India." (voiceofindiansports, 12 Apr 2023)

OCCUPATION
She is employed as an assistant manager with the Reserve Bank of India. (sportstar, 15 Aug 2022)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event