Sozhasingarayer Robinson , also widely known as simply S. Robinson (born 23 June 1980 in
Pondicherry,
India) is a professional
Indian
basketball player. He currently plays for the
Tamil Nadu Basketball Team which competes in the
India National Cup.
Career overview
Sozhasingarayer Robinson, born in
Pondicherry, grew up in
Gujarat,
India. A standout athlete in India, Robinson started to gain international media attention when he led India with 36 points to a surprise victory at the
2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
The FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2004 served as the qualifying tournament for the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship. This competition is distinct from the Stanković Cup intercontinental tournament attended by teams outside the FIBA Asia zone.
Qualificati ...
against
South Korea, a regular competitor for the title at international tournaments in Asia.
For unknown reasons, he did not take the offer to play professionally in New Zealand in 2006, following extraordinary performances against the
Tall Blacks
The New Zealand men's national basketball team is the senior men's national basketball team of New Zealand. The team is nicknamed the Tall Blacks. The ''Tall Blacks'' name is one of many New Zealand national team nicknames related to the All ...
. In that same year he was banned from representing his state's basketball team for missing its training camp. Robinson is known as being extremely outspoken as he severely criticized the lack of support for India's national basketball team from which he retired in 2006 only to try a comeback a little later.
Mumbai Mirror - To hell and back for cager Robinson
Mumbaimirror.com, written 4 Mar 2009, accessed 15 October 2011. Robinson is one of the most well known figures in Indian basketball. Altogether, he played professional in basketball for the following teams:
* 2003-04 Negar sang Sharekord
* 2004 Indian Overseas Bank Chennai
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* 2004 Farsh Mashad
* 2005 Tamil Nadu
* 2005-06 Indian Overseas Bank Chennai
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
* ''2006 offer sheet Auckland Stars , never played''
* 2010 Indian Army
Achievements
* 2001, 2005-06 India national basketball team
The India men's national basketball team represents India in international men's basketball. It is controlled by Basketball Federation of India.http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=301 FIBA. ...
* 2010: Ramu Memorial Basketball Tournament (RMBT) MVP
References
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1980 births
Living people
Centers (basketball)
Indian men's basketball players
People from Gujarat
People from Pondicherry
Power forwards (basketball)
Young Cagers players
Sportspeople from Puducherry