Prashanti Singh (born 5 May 1984,
Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and 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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) 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
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in 2019. She has been honoured with the
Arjuna Award
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by the
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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,
Government of India
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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
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,
16th Asian Games
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in Guangzhou, China in 2010 and
17th Asian Games in
Incheon 2014
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
. Her sisters
Divya Singh,
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, P ...
, and
Pratima Singh, have also represented the Indian national women's basketball team. Another sister, Priyanka Singh, is a
National Institute of Sports
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History
Founded on 7 ...
basketball coach. Together they are also known as ''Singh Sisters''.
Playing career
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
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in 2011.
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
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&
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. She is first woman Basketball player in
India
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to represent the National team in one
2006 Commonwealth Games
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& two
Asian Games
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2010
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,
2014
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respectively.
She is also a member of the International Women's Film Forum of
Asian Academy of Film & Television
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. Prashanti Singh is first and only basketball player in India who has a documentary film named B Cube (Boskey Basketball Banaras) on her own life which is selected in top xix films in the prestigious
Satyajit Ray Film Festival.
International sporting achievements
National sporting achievement
Awards and achievement
![Padma Shri Prashanti Singh](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Padma_Shri_Prashanti_Singh.jpg)
* March 2019 :
Padma Shri
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by
Government of India
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* August 2017 :
Arjuna Award
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by
Government of India
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* December 2016-17 : Rani Laxmi Bai Award (Outstanding Sports Person) by
Uttar Pradesh Government
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* December 2015-16 : Poorvanchal Ratna (Top Sports Person)
* October 2015 : Shakti Samman by
APN News
* March 2015 : ''UP ke Sartaj'' titled by
Radio Mirchi
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98.3 FM.
* January 2015 : National record with 23 medals for one team in senior level.
* 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
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* 2011: She is one of the first ever ranked Top Four A Grade elite Basketball player of India.
* 2010: ''
Elle Magazine
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'' - first Indian basketball player featured in the May 2010 edition
* October 2006: Century Sports Award by Century Sports Club,
Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and 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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* August 2006: Outstanding Player Honour by UP College Old Students'
Association
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* December 2002: Best Player Award in UP State School Championship, held at
Ghaziabad
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Early life and academics
Prashanti is originally from Varanasi and moved to Delhi for her career. In Delhi, she trained and joined MTNL team.
She is a graduate in Arts from
University of Delhi
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, India.
Family
Prashanti singh belongs to a famous basketball family of India. They are known as the “Singh Sisters”. She belongs to Solanki
Rajput
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family of
Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and 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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Three of her sisters currently are a member of the
Indian women's national basketball team.
* Sister
Divya Singh (Currently Student and working with
University of Delaware
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women's basketball team)
* Sister
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, P ...
(Currently member of
India women's national basketball team
India women's national basketball team is a national women's national basketball team representing India at the international level.
At the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, India was promoted to Division A after beating Kazakhstan 75-73 in the Fina ...
)
* Sister
Pratima Singh (
India women's national basketball team
India women's national basketball team is a national women's national basketball team representing India at the international level.
At the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, India was promoted to Division A after beating Kazakhstan 75-73 in the Fina ...
player), wife of
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. At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian squ ...
References
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/meet-prashanti-singh-the-only-basketball-player-to-be-awarded-the-padma-shri/article28630157.ece
External links
* Profile a
EuroBasketOfficial Website
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Indian women's basketball players
Living people
1984 births
Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh
Commonwealth Games competitors for India
Basketball players from Varanasi
Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games
Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Asian Games competitors for India
Guards (basketball)
Singh sisters
Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games