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Prashanti Singh

Prashanti Singh
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Position Small forward/Shooting guard
Career International: 2002–present
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 65 Kg
Nationality India Indian
Born (1984-05-05) 5 May 1984 (age 33)
Varanasi,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 awarded with prestigious Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award 2016-17 in the field of sports by Government of Uttar Pradesh. In the year 2017, she was honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

She represented the team at 2006 Commonwealth Games, 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 and 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014. Her sisters Divya, Akanksha, and Pratima, have represented India women's national basketball team. Another sister Priyanka Singh is a National Institute of Sports basketball coach. Together they are also known as Singh Sisters.

Prashanti joined the Indian Women's Basketball Team in 2002 and became its captain. She played as captain in 3rd Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam on 30 October – 8 November 2009 won Silver medal and 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou, in November 2010. Prashanti won GOLD Medal in South Asian Beach Games at Sri Lanka in 2011.


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