Aditya Mehta won a bronze in the Snooker Singles event at the just concluded Asian Games in Guangzhou, China -- his second medal at the Games, adding to the silver that he had earlier won in the team event. Aditya is the son of Sheela and Snehal Jagdishchandra Mehta.

In the Singles, Aditya lost in the semis to eventual winner Marco Fu Ka of Hong Kong, while in the team event which India lost 1-3 to China, Aditya was the lone Indian cueist to win a match in the final, beating Leang Wenbo of China by a narrow margin of 5 points.

The two medals are one more creditable achievement for the young snooker star during the last 12 months. Almost exactly a year ago, Aditya was a member of the Indian team that won a gold medal at the 3rd Indoor Asian Games 2009 held at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam defeating Qatar in the final3-0. Aditya won his matches both in the singles and doubles.

Aditya has also consistently won a number of laurels for himself and for the country at various national and international tournaments in the past few years.

These include:

• Bronze Medal in Asian Games Team Snooker – Doha, 2006
• Runner Up at the Asian Snooker Championship, Dubai, 2008
• Runner-Up - National Selection Tournament- Asian Snooker Championship, 2009
• Winner - National Selection - Asian Snooker Championship, 2008
• Runner-Up - National Snooker Championship, 2007
• Winner - U-21 National Snooker Championship, 2006