Prashanti Singh
Prashanti Singh | |
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Position | Small forward/Shooting guard |
Career | International: 2002–present |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight | 65 Kg |
Nationality | Indian |
Born |
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India | 5 May 1984
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 , 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 and 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014. She comes from the Varanasi's "Basketball Family of India" whose four out of five sisters have either 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 21 Medals in prestigious National Championship/National Games/Federation Cup. She holds the National record of having most medals in National Championships.
She is also a member of the International Women's Film Forum of Asian Academy of Film & Television (AAFT). Her sisters Divya, Akanksha, and Pratima, have represented Indian National Women's Basketball Team. Akanksha Singh is the current captain of the team. Another sister Priyanka Singh is an NIS basketball coach. Together they are also known as Singh Sisters.
International Sporting Achievements
- 2014: 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 - top 6
- 2013: 25 FIBA ASIA Basketball Championship for senior women, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2013: International exposure trip at NBA Training Centre, Dongguan, China. - Winner
- 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 65th Senior National Basketball Championship 2015, Rajasthan
- Bronze Medal in 64th IMG Reliance National Basketball Championship 2014, New Delhi
- Silver Medal in 3 x 3 National Basketball Championship 2013, New Delhi
- Gold Medal in Mahindra NBA Challenge National Final 2012, New Delhi
- Bronze Medal in 24th Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2011, Raipur
- Silver Medal in 61st IMG Reliance National Basketball Championship 2010-11, New Delhi
- Silver Medal in 58th National basketball championship 2007-08, Pondicherry,
- 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 55th Senior National Basketball Championship, 2005, Ludhiana, Punjab
- Silver Medal in 54th Senior National Basketball Championship,2004 Odisha
- 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 Priyanka Singh (NIS basketball coach, wife of Manish Kumar who is also an NIS basketball coach)
- Sister Divya Singh (Currently Student and working with University of Delaware women's basketball team)
- Sister Akanksha Singh (Currently member of India women's national basketball team)
- Sister Pratima Singh (Currently Captain Junior India women national basketball team)
References
- http://www.fibaasia.net/NewsDetails.aspx?id=1287
- http://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/asiad-basketball-indian-women-to-fight-for-fifth-position
- http://www.delhibasketball.org/info_news6.php
- http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/10/idINIndia-58714720110810
- http://www.sportskeeda.com/2011/08/04/prashanti-singh-on-basketball/
- http://www.indiansportsnews.com/interviews/3978-interview-with-prashanti-singh.html
- http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/16/stories/2011021652481400.htm
- Delhi post third win on the trot. - Free Online Library
- EuroBasket
- Indian women basketball team secure Silver at the Asian Indoor games | SportsKeeda
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- Express India
- Dainik Jagran E- Paper - city. Local news from 37 locations on Dainik Jagran Yahoo! India E-paper
- We'd love to do modelling: Basketball player - The Times of India
External links
- The Hindu : Sport / Basketball : Tamil Nadu women follow the men out
- Girl power : Simply Delhi: India Today
- Director Jagmohan Mundhra At '4PM On The Court' - World News, 107503
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/I-don-t-think-there-should-be-comparisons-Jhulan-Goswami/H1-Article1-516490.aspx
- Tubaah: Varanasi sisters aim for basketball glory