
Pratima Singh is a member of the
India women's national basketball team
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, hailing from Jaunpur,
Uttar Pradesh
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. Pratima Singh was born on 6 February 1990 in the Shivpur area in the holy city of
Varanasi
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in Uttar Pradesh. Born in
Varanasi
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, her siblings have also either played or are playing for India- her sisters
Divya and Priyanka have represented Indian National Women's Basketball Team, while
Prashanti Singh
Prashanti Singh (born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) is a shooting guard for the India women's national basketball team, Indian national women's basketball team. She is first basketball player in India conferred with National Civilian Awar ...
an
Arjuna Award
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and
Padma Shri
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winner is the current captain of the team and
Akanksha is a member.
Playing career
Singh started playing basketball in 2003 in Uttar Pradesh and later learned basketball at Udai Pratap college. With her growing basketball skills she was selected to the Junior Indian team in the year of 2006 and captained the Junior Indian Girls team in 2008. Under her leadership, Delhi has won many medals such as Junior National championship in
Bhilwara
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History
Stone Age tools dating from 5,012 to 200,000 years were found in Bundi and ...
and
Rajasthan
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She led the
Delhi University
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Team in All India Inter-university,
Kottayam
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,
Kerala
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, 2010 and won the gold medal. She was vice Captain when
University of Delhi
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won a gold medal in the All India University basketball Championship at
Nellore
Nellore, also spelt as Nelluru, is a city located on the banks of Penna River, in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India.[Akanksha Singh
Akanksha Singh (born 7 September 1989 in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian basketball player and former captain of the India Women's National Basketball Team. She has played for the national team since 2004. She and her sisters, Divya, ...]
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She is a product of
Jesus and Mary College
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(2008–09), she won many 'Best Player' titles at the university level. Her peers in college knew her as someone with a lot of style and chutzpah. She won a gold medal for the country in the first 3×3
FIBA Asia Championship
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Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
. She was also known as a fighter as she fought through her knee injury with a lot of hard work and avoided an operation and then performed after a year of hard work and became the highest scorer of the tournament in 2012.
Personal life
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. They are also known as Singh Sisters.
* Priyanka Singh (a
National Institute of Sports
Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, commonly known as National Institute of Sports (NIS), is the academic wing of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Asia's largest sports institute located in city of Patiala.
History
Founded on ...
Basketball Coach)
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Divya Singh (Currently Coach of U16 Indian Men Basketball Team)
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Prashanti Singh
Prashanti Singh (born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) is a shooting guard for the India women's national basketball team, Indian national women's basketball team. She is first basketball player in India conferred with National Civilian Awar ...
(Former/Retired captain of
India women's national basketball team
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)
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Akanksha Singh
Akanksha Singh (born 7 September 1989 in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian basketball player and former captain of the India Women's National Basketball Team. She has played for the national team since 2004. She and her sisters, Divya, ...
(Former/Retired member of
India women's national basketball team
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and founder of the Akanksha Singh Basketball Academy)
On 10 December 2016, she married Indian cricketer
Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma (; born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall right-arm fast-medium bowler. In 2011, he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Te ...
.
Awards and achievements
*Gold Medallist in Diploma in Sports Coaching from
Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports
Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, commonly known as National Institute of Sports (NIS), is the academic wing of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Asia's largest sports institute located in city of Patiala.
History
Founded on ...
, 2014–15
*Gold Medal at the inaugural
FIBA Asia 3x3 Championship
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2013.
*Achievers Award from Women sports foundation of India 2013
*Top Scorer of the Tournament in Senior National Basketball Championship in
Chennai
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, Tamil Nadu 2011-2016
*Shri Prakash Jyoti Award for Excellence in sports in Jesus & Mary College,2009–10
*Century Sports Award for Excellence in Sports 2010
Varanasi
Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.*
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Uttar Pradesh
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*Sports women of the year in
Jesus and Mary College
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for year 2008-09
*Best Player in
All India Intra University
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Biology and medicine
* Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer
* Anterolateral ligament, a ligament in the knee
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Nellore
Nellore, also spelt as Nelluru, is a city located on the banks of Penna River, in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India.[Andhra Pradesh
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International sporting achievement
*
Asian Games 2010
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Guangzhou
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China
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, 12 November to 27 November 2010
* 24th FIBA
Asian Basketball Championship
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Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
for Senior Women, 2009,
Chennai
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,
India
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* 18th FIBA
Asian Basketball Championship
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Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
for Junior Women 2007,
Bangkok
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,
Thailand
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* 2nd FIBA
Asian Basketball Championship
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Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
for Young Women, 2006,
Singapore
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References
External links
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ttp://www.tubaah.com/details.php?video_id=3260&mode=&type=video Tubaah: Varanasi sisters aim for basketball glory
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Living people
Indian women's basketball players
Small forwards
Shooting guards
Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games
Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh
Basketball players from Varanasi
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Basketball players from Uttar Pradesh
1990 births
Asian Games basketball players for India
Singh sisters