Profile details
- Born
- 19 Jun 2000
- Birthplace
- Milpitas
- Country
- United States
- Height
- 166 cm
- Sport
- Table Tennis
- Discipline
- Racquet
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
5 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·2020 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- ·2020 Summer Olympics – men's team
- ·2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- ·2016 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- ·2016 Summer Olympics – men's team
Career Timeline
- 2016Competed at table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- 2016Competed at table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's team
- 2018Competed at table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- 2020Competed at table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- 2020Competed at table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's team
Statistics
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About
Kanak Jha (kə-NAHK JAH; born June 19, 2000) is an American professional table tennis player. player. Ranked No. 22, he is the second male player from the Americas in the ITTF/WTT world rankings, after Brazil's Hugo Calderano. He is a three-time Olympian (2016, 2020, and 2024), and was the US national champion five times, winning the national title between 2016 and 2019 for a record four straight national titles and adding a fifth title in 2024 on his way to the Olympics in Paris.
Biography adapted from Kanak Jha on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.