Prashanti Singh

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Prashanti Singh
Position Small forward/Shooting guard
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 60 Kg
Nationality India Indian
Born (1984-05-05) 5 May 1984
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prashanti Singh (born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, India) is a shooting guard for the Indian national women's basketball team. She represented the team at 2006 Commonwealth Games and 16th Asian Games. She is part of Varanasi's "Basketball Family of India" where four out of five sisters has played or playing for Indian national team.

Prashanti joined the Indian Women's Basketball Team in 2003 and became its captain. She played as captain in 3rd Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam on 30 October – 8 November 2009 won Silver medal and 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou China in November 2010.Prashanti singh won GOLD Medal in Asian beach games at Sri Lanka in 2011. Prashanti Singh is one of the top four A grade player of India selected and sponsored by basketball federation of india & IMG-Reliance. Prashanti Singh won 18 Medals in prestigious National Championship/National Games/Federation Cup.

She is also the member of International Women's Film Forum of AAFT.

International Sporting Achievements

Indian Team at Vietnam
  • 2013: 25 FIBA ASIA Basketball Championship for senior women , Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 2013: International exposure trip at NBA Training Centre, Dongguan, China.
  • 2011: 1st Asian Beach Games, Sri Lanka - won Gold
  • 2011: FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior women,Nagasaki, Japan
  • 2011: 33 William Jones Cup, Chinese taipei
  • 2010: 16th Asian Games, Guangzhou, China (as captain)
  • 2009: Asian Indoor Games, Vietnam (as captain) - won silver
  • 2009: FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior women, Chennai
  • 3 to 10 June 2007: FIBA Asia Championship for Women, Incheon, South Korea - Pool B winner
  • 15 to 26 March 2006: 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne - point guard
  • 7 to 12 March 2006, Friendly Match Series, Auckland, New Zealand
  • 22 to 25 September 2006: First Phuket International Invitational Basketball Championship, Thailand - won gold
  • 13 to 19 January 2005: 20th Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Senior Women, Sendai, Japan - won silver Level II
  • Portdiction International Invitation Tournament - won bronze
  • 2002-3: Fiba Asia Basketball Championship for Junior Women, Chinese Taipei

National Sporting achievement

  • Silver Medal in 3 x 3 National Basketball Championship 2013, New Delhi
  • Gold Medal in Mahindra NBA Challenge National Final 2012, New Delhi
  • Silver Medal in 61st IMG Reliance National Basketball Championship 2010-11, New Delhi
  • Silver Medal in 60th National Basketball Championship 2009-10, Ludhiana, Punjab
  • Silver Medal in 59th National Basketball Championship 2008-09, Surat, Gujarat
  • Silver Medal in 58th National basketball championship 2007-08, Pondicherry,
  • Silver Medal in 57th Senior National Basketball Championship 2006-07, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Silver Medal in 22nd Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2006, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
  • Silver Medal in 56th Senior National Basketball Championship, 2006, Pune, Maharashtra
  • Silver Medal in R.Vaikuntam Cup Basketball Championship for Women, 2005, New Delhi
  • Silver Medal in 21st Karp Impex Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2005, Bhavnagar, Gujarat
  • Silver Medal in 55th Senior National Basketball Championship, 2005, Ludhiana, Punjab
  • Bronze Medal in 20th Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2003, Vashi, Navi Mumbai
  • Gold Medal in 53rd Senior National Basketball Championship, 2003, Hyderabad, AP

Awards and Achievement

  • June 2013: Lokmat Samman (sportsperson of the year 2013) in Lucknow.
  • October 2012: MVP (most valuable player) of Mahindra NBA challenge National Final in New Delhi.
  • April 2011: Captained team West & won Best Player award in All Star Game in Mumbai.
  • February 2011: Top scorer award with 129 points (25.8 point/game) in prestigious 25th IMG-Reliance Federation Cup, Raipur
  • 2011: She is one of the first ever ranked Top Four A Grade elite Basketball player of India.
  • 2010: Elle Magazine - first Indian basketball player featured in May 2010 edition
  • October 2006: Century Sports Award by Century Sports Club, Varanasi
  • August 2006: Outstanding Player Honour by UP College Old Students’ Association
  • December 2002: Best Player Award in UP State School Championship, held at Ghaziabad

Academic

Graduate in Arts from University of Delhi, India.

Family

She comes from a family of Indian basketball players, three of her sisters currently are a member of the Indian women's national basketball team.

  • Sister Pratima Singh (Currently Captain Junior India women national basketball team)

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