Name of the sportsperson: Prashanti Singh

Discipline: Basketball

Date of Birth: 05-05-1984

State: Uttar Pradesh

Achievements and Awards: International:

•    2011: 1st Asian Beach Games won Gold

•    2011: FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for senior women.

•    2011: 33 William Jones Cup.

•    2010: 16th Asian Games.

•    2009: Asian Indoor Games, won silver,

•    2009: FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior women, Chennai

•    2007: FIBA Asia Championship for Women.

•    2006: Commonwealth Games.

•    2006: First Phuket International Invitational Basketball Championship, won gold

•    2005: 20th Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Senior Women,  won silver Level II

•    Port diction International Invitation Tournament - won bronze

National:

•    Silver Medal in 61st IMG Reliance National Basketball Championship 2010-11

•    Silver Medal in 60th National Basketball Championship 2009-10,

•    Silver Medal in 59th National Basketball Championship 2008-09,

•    Silver Medal in 58th National basketball championship 2007-08,

•    Silver Medal in 57th Senior National Basketball Championship 2006-07,

•    Silver Medal in 22nd Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2006,

•    Silver Medal in 56th Senior National Basketball Championship, 2006,

•    Silver Medal in R.Vaikuntam Cup Basketball Championship for Women, 2005,

•    Bronze Medal in 20th Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2003.

•    Gold Medal in 53rd Senior National Basketball Championship, 2003.

Awards:

•    2011: Captained team west & won Best Player award in All Star Game.

•    2011: Top scorer award.

•    2010: Elle Magazine - first Indian basketball player featured.

•    2006: Century Sports Award.

•    2006: Outstanding Player Honour by UP College Old Students’ Association

•    2002: Best Player Award in UP State School Championship.

Profile:

Prashanti Singh was born on 5 May 1984, Varanasi, India. She is a shooting guard for the Indian national women's basketball team. She represented the team at 2006 Commonwealth Games. She is part of Varanasi's "Basketball Family of India" where four out of five sisters has played or playing for Indian national team.

Prashanti joined the Indian Women's Basketball Team in 2003 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 China in November 2010.Prashanti Singh won GOLD Medal in Asian beach games at Sri Lanka in 2011. Prashanti Singh is one of the top four a grade player of India selected and sponsored by basketball federation of India & IMG-Reliance.
Graduate in Arts from University of Delhi, India.