Amritpal Singh (basketball)
| Pune Peshwas | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | UBA Pro Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 5, 1991 Ganna Pind, Punjab |
| Nationality | India |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 243 lb (110 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Schooling: M P Senior Secondary School, Rayya |
| College | S.C.D Govt College, Ludhiana |
| NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–16 | Tokyo Excellence (Japan) |
| 2017–present | Pune Peshwas (India) |
Amritpal Singh (born January 5, 1991) is an Indian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Pune Peshwas of India's UBA Pro Basketball League.
In June 2017, he was invited by the Australian Sydney Kings to join their team for the Atlas Challenge 2017, a basketball tournament in China.[1]
He was a member of India's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran, Iran. There, he recorded most points, rebounds and blocks for his team.[2]
Singh was born into a family of farmers and played Kabaddi in his youth.[3]
References
- ↑ Basketball: India’s Amritpal Singh invited to play for Sydney Kings in Atlas Challenge 2017, Times of India, June 19, 2107. Accessed 13 July 2017.
- ↑ India - FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA.com, accessed 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "Amritpal Singh – Indian Basketball’s ‘Cinderella Man’". Ekalavyas.
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