Shri Anoop Khanna was interested in sports from his very childhood. He showed a strong inclination towards Table Tennis from the beginning and started participating in various competitions from a young age. During his college days, he participated in UP table -tennis championship in the year 1975-76. In the year 1975 he won two great Championships; namely Garhwal Region Championship and Dehradoon Table Tennis Championship. He was also a prominent member of Champion Rohelkhand team in the year 1977-78.
Even today, during his leisure time he always keeps himself involved with numerous sports activities. The coverage done by prominent newspapers stands as a testimony to this. Shri Khanna has always been a pioneer in promoting and encouraging budding champions especially in the field of karate, badminton and athletic games. The sportsmanship qualities in him make him stand as a better choice from the rest as these activities keeps him rooted to the ground realities and never leave the path of honesty and aesthetics.