| Shiba Maggon | |
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| Born | March 16, 1976 Karnal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Basketball Coach |
Shiba Maggon (born 16 March 1976 ) is an Indian basketball player who played for the India national team.[1] She is currently the coach for the Indian Junior Team, as well as an International referee and one of the first women to qualify as a referee.[2] Having come from a sporting family (her father was a cricketer in college), Shiba has been playing basketball since 1989. Her sister was an international netball player and also attended two Indian basketball camps. Her death in a car accident, inspired Shiba to take up basketball passionately. She is a product of Sports Authority of India (SAI). In 1992, she was selected for the Indian Junior team. Shiba had her initial schooling days in Karnal and later joined SAI at Chandigarh and stayed there till 1996. She later joined Western Railways, Ajmer in 1996 and was with them till 2002. In 2002 Shiba joined MTNL Delhi and played with them till Jan 2011.
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Shiba has an impressive list of Basketball achievements leading back to her Junior days. She has won the following medals in her career:
Maggon has played in 5 FIBA Asian Chapionships for Women and was ranked in the top 5 for Asian players in 2002. She was also part of Indian Team to take part at Commonwealth Games at Australia in 2006. She got a scholarship to the Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1998. She majored in Physical Education. Maggon applied for a Diploma Course in Olympism and Humanism with the International Olympic Academy and successfully finished the Diploma at the historic city, Athens. Maggon was chosen to represent the whole world and give a vote of thanks speech on behalf of the 98 countries who were taking part in that sessions.
Maggon became one of the first FIBA female Referees when she passed the FIBA Test in December 2008. In 2009, after hanging up her shoes on her International career, she was immediately absorbed by the Basketball Federation of India to Teach Basketball to the younger generation, and was appointed as a coach for the Indian Junior Girls team. She was selected as one of the Eight Coaches selected in cooperation with the Basketball Federation of India, Baker and Esherick identified 12 coaches and administrators from different parts of India and invited them to participate in a coaching academy at Mason’s Fairfax Campus for 10 days at George Mason University. Maggon is the only woman in the history of Indian Basketball to Represent India as a Player, Referee and Coach