Prashant More
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Sport
Country India
Sportcarrom
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's carrom
Carrom World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Chuncheon singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Chuncheon team
Carrom World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Birmingham singles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Birmingham team

Prashant More is an Indian carrom player. He is a two time carrom world champion in 2016 and 2018.

Career

Prashant won his first world title in men's singles at the 2016 Carrom World Championship. He was also a member of the Indian team which emerged as runners-up to Sri Lanka in the men's tournament at the 2016 World Championships.[1]

He defended his men's singles world title at the 2018 Carrom World Cup which was also his second individual World title.[2] He was part of the Indian squad which lost to Sri Lanka in the finals of the 2018 Carrom World Cup.[citation needed]

He became runners-up to fellow Indian Irshad Ahmed Ansari in the men's singles final of the 8th Carrom ICF Cup 2019 despite having an early advantage in the final.[3] He won the first set comfortably in the final 25-3 before going down 14-25 and 24-25 in the next two sets to his opponent.[4] He was also a key member of the Indian team which won the world title in the men's tournament after defeating Sri Lanka in the final of the 2019 Carrom Mini World Cup.[5][6][7]

In 2020, he also took part in an online carrom exhibition event conducted by the All India Carrom Federation via Facebook Live during the time when India was under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Carrom World Championship- Results". UK Carrom Federation. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Prashant, Apoorva emerge champions at Carrom World Cup". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ "International Carrom Federation cup: More, Pasha score easy wins". the hindhustani times. 13 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Carrom Champ Irshad Ahmed Ansari now struggles to make ends meet". www.mid-day.com. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "World champion Prashant More leads Indian charge". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ "ICF Cup in Pune". The Hindu. 23 November 2019.
  7. ^ "ICF: Indian women, men win team championships". Hindustan Times. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Online carrom: Prashant steals the show". The Hindu. 11 May 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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