Sumit Mukherjee Wiki, Height, Age, Family, Biography & More

Sumit Mukherjee is an Indian bridge player. He works at the Metro Railway, Kolkata.

Wiki/Biography

Sumit Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He completed his schooling at Birati High School, Kolkata. He studied Polymer Science and Technology at Rajabazar Science College, Kolkata. He studied Chemistry at Dum Dum Motijheel College. 

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 7″

Weight (approx.): 55 kg

Hair Colour: Salt and Pepper

Eye Colour: Dark brown

Family

Parents & Siblings

There is not much information about Sumit Mukherjee’s parents and siblings.

Wife & Children

Sumit Mukherjee is married to Preeti Mukherjee. He has a son.

Career

Sumit Mukherjee represented India in the open category in Bridge game at the Asian games 2022.

Awards, Honours, Achievements

• Sumit Mukherjee won the 4th Asia Cup Bridge Championship held in Jakarta in 2022.

• Sumit Mukherjee won the prestigious Shree Cement Gold Pairs Championships 2019 at the 61st Winter National Bridge Championship.
  

  Sumit Mukherjee (left) won Sumit Mukherjee won the prestigious Shree Cement Gold Pairs Championships at the 61st Winter National Bridge Championship 2019

Medals

Gold

Sumit Mukherjee bagged a gold medal and a trophy in the Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle-East Championship (BFAME) held from 5th – 13th May 2023 in Lahore, Pakistan. ^[1]India Today

Silver

On 6 October 2023, the Indian men’s bridge team including Sumit Mukherjee, Rajeshwar Tewari, Raju Tolani, and Ajay Prabhakar Kahre, clinched a silver medal in the bridge at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou.

Bronze

In 2018, Sumit Mukherjee won a bronze medal in the Jakarta Asian Games.

Facts/Trivia

• Sumit Mukherjee lives a healthy lifestyle. He does yoga every morning. In an Interview, Debabrata Majumder, a fellow friend of Sumit revealed that,
  

  Sumit Mukherjee spends an hour doing yoga every morning for better concentration. It helps maintain focus at crunch moments. The games often stretch seven to eight hours and it gets tedious.” ^[2]Telegraph India

• On 7 October 2023, the Ministry of Railways congratulated the Indian bridge men’s team for winning the Silver Medal at the Asian Games 2023. The tweet read,

Silver glimmers with pride! 🥈✨

Congratulations to the Indian Bridge Team for clinching the Silver Medal at the Asian Games. Bridge team member Sumit Mukherjee is a proud member of Railway family. pic.twitter.com/AQcIgucR42

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) October 7, 2023