Prashanti Singh

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Prashanti Singh
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The President Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Arjuna Award to Ms. Prashanti Singh on August 29, 2017
Position Small forward/shooting guard
CareerInternational: 2002–present
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight65 Kg
Nationality Flag of India.svg Indian
Born (1984-05-05) 5 May 1984 (age 40) [1]
Varanasi, [1] Uttar Pradesh, India

Prashanti Singh (born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) is a shooting guard for the Indian national women's basketball team. She is first basketball player in India conferred with National Civilian Award Padma Shri in 2019. She has been honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India in 2017. She has also been conferred with the prestigious Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award 2016–17 in the field of sports by Government of Uttar Pradesh.

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Prashanti represented the national team at 2006 Commonwealth Games, 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in 2010 and 17th Asian Games in Incheon 2014. [2] [3] Her sisters Divya Singh, Akanksha Singh, and Pratima Singh, have also represented the Indian national women's basketball team. [4] Another sister, Priyanka Singh, is a National Institute of Sports basketball coach. [5] Together they are also known as Singh Sisters.

Playing career

Receiving the Arjuna Award in 2017 from the President of India Receiving the Arjuna Award.jpg
Receiving the Arjuna Award in 2017 from the President of India

Prashanti joined the Indian women's basketball team in 2002 and soon became its captain. She played as captain in 3rd Asian Indoor Games which were held in Vietnam on 30 October – 8 November 2009 where the team won a Silver medal. Prashanti won Gold Medal in South Asian Beach Games at Sri Lanka in 2011. [6] [7]

Prashanti Singh is most decorated woman basketball player in India. She is one of the top four A grade player of India selected and sponsored by Basketball Federation of India & IMG-Reliance.

She has won 22 medals in the National Championships, National Games and Federation Cups in India. She holds the national record of having most medals at senior level in National Championships for one state team. [8] She is first woman Basketball player in India to represent the National team in one 2006 Commonwealth Games & two Asian Games 2010, 2014 respectively.

She is also a member of the International Women's Film Forum of Asian Academy of Film & Television. [9] Prashanti Singh is first and only basketball player in India who has a documentary film named B Cube (Boskey Basketball Banaras) [10] on her own life which is selected in top xix films in the prestigious Satyajit Ray Film Festival.

International sporting achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
20162016 South Asian GamesGuwahatiWon all Matches (Team Captain)
201417th Asian Games IncheonIncheonTop 6
201325 FIBA ASIA Basketball Championship for Senior WomenBangkok, ThailandTop 5
2013International exposure trip at NBA Training CentreDongguan, ChinaWinner
20111st Asian Beach GamesSri LankaWon Gold
2011FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior WomenNagasaki, Japan
201133 William Jones CupChina, Taipei
201016th Asian GamesGuangzhou, ChinaAs Captain
2009Asian Indoor GamesVietnamWon Silver
2009FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior WomenChennai
2007FIBA Asia Championship for WomenIncheon, South KoreaWinner GB
20062006 Commonwealth GamesMelbourneAs Point Guard
2006Friendly Match SeriesAuckland, New Zealand
2006First Phuket International Invitational Basketball ChampionshipThailandWon Gold
200520th Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Senior WomenSendai, JapanSilver GB
Portdiction International Invitation TournamentWon Bronze
2002-3Fiba Asia Basketball Championship for Junior WomenChinese, Taipei

National sporting achievement

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
201666th Senior National Basketball Championship Mysore Bronze Medal
201565th Senior National Basketball Championship Rajasthan Silver Medal
201464th IMG Reliance National Basketball Championship New Delhi Bronze Medal
20133 × 3 National Basketball Championship New Delhi Silver Medal
2012Mahindra NBA Challenge National Final New Delhi Gold Medal
201225th Federation Cup Basketball Championship Kerala Bronze Medal
2011National Games Ranchi, Jharkhand Bronze Medal
201124th Federation Cup Basketball Championship Raipur Bronze Medal
2010-1161st IMG Reliance National Basketball Championship New Delhi Silver Medal
2009-1060th National Basketball Championship Ludhiana, Punjab Silver Medal
2008-0959th National Basketball Championship Surat, Gujarat Silver Medal
200833rd National Sports Festival for Women Jalandhar Silver Medal
2007-0858th National basketball championship Pondicherry Silver Medal
200723rd Federation Cup Basketball Championship Rourkela Bronze Medal
2006-0757th Senior National Basketball Championship Jaipur, Rajasthan Silver Medal
200622nd Federation Cup Basketball Championship Jamshedpur, Jharkhand Silver Medal
200656th Senior National Basketball Championship Pune, Maharashtra Silver Medal
2005R.Vaikuntam Cup Basketball Championship for Women New Delhi Silver Medal
200521st Karp Impex Federation Cup Basketball Championship Bhavnagar, Gujarat Silver Medal
200555th Senior National Basketball Championship Ludhiana, Punjab Silver Medal
200454th Senior National Basketball Championship Odisha Silver Medal
200320th Federation Cup Basketball Championship Vashi, Navi Mumbai Bronze Medal
200353rd Senior National Basketball Championship Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Gold Medal

Awards and achievement

The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prashanti Singh, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 16 March 2019 Padma Shri Prashanti Singh.jpg
The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shri Award to Prashanti Singh, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 16 March 2019

Early life and academics

Prashanti is originally from Varanasi and moved to Delhi for her career. In Delhi, she trained and joined MTNL team. [12] She is a graduate in Arts from University of Delhi, India.

Family

Prashanti singh belongs to a famous basketball family of India. They are known as the “Singh Sisters”. She belongs to Solanki Rajput family of Varanasi. Three of her sisters currently are a member of the Indian women's national basketball team.

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