Akanksha Singh
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| Position | Small forward/Point guard |
| Career | International: 2003–present |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Born | 7 September 1989 Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Akanksha Singh (born 7 September 1989) is an Indian basketball player and captain of India Women's National Basketball Team.[1][2] She has played for the national team since 2004.
She and her sisters are known as "fantastic four" of Delhi women’s basketball. [3]
Playing career[edit]
In 2010, Akanksha was awarded the Most Valuable Player in India’s first Professional Basketball league, MBPL 2010. Her name then, went on to be forever cemented in the Indian Basketball history books as one of the first ever Top Four Players to achieve the "A Grade" from the Basketball Federation of India sponsored by IMG Reliance. She is often called by the name of "small wonder" in basketball.[4]
She is very agile and one of the very skilled ball handlers of the country right now. She has been awarded Best Player in many national and state championships. In her captaincy at University of Delhi she won a gold medal in All India University basketball championship at Nallor, where she was given joint best player award along with her sister Pratima Singh.
Family[edit]
Singh comes from a family of basketball players. Her sisters Divya, Prashanti, and Pratima, have represented Indian National Women's Basketball Team. Another sister Priyanka Singh is a National Institute of Sports basketball coach. Together they are also known as Singh sisters.[5] Priyanka is a (NIS basketball coach and Priyanka's husband is NIS basketball coach, Manish Kumar.[citation needed] Sister Divya Singh worked with the University of Delaware basketball team.[6]
Awards and achievement[edit]
- Awarded as one of the best four ‘A grade players’ across the country in Women section in India
- May 2010 Most Valuable player in first All India Mastan Basketball Professional League held at Mumbai,Maharashtra.
- May 2010 Best Player Award in the league match in MBPL,Mumbai,Maharashtra.
- 2008 Most Valuable player in All India Inter University Basketball Tournament held at Nellore,A.P.
- 2008 Best player Award in Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi
- SEP 2006 Best Player Awardin XXXII St. Stephens College invitational Basketball tournament held at St. Stephen's College, Delhi
- SEP 2005 Best Player Award in XXXI St. Stephens College invitational Basketball tournament held at St. Stephens College, Delhi
International sporting achievement[edit]
- Asian Games 2014 Incheon, KOREA, 19 September to 4 October 2014
- 34th Williams Jones Cup invitational tournament 2012, Miaoli county, Taiwan
- 25th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for senior women, 2011, Nagasaki, Japan
- 33rd William Jones Cup 2011, Hsinchuang Gymnasium, Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou, China, 12 November to 27 November 2010
- 24th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior Women, 2009, Chennai, India
- 23rd FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior Women, 2007, Korea
- 18th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Junior Women 2007, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2nd FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Young Women, 2006, Singapore
- 17th FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Junior Women,2004, Shenzhen, China
- Indian Camp for 21st FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior Women, 2005, Qinhuangdao City, China
References[edit]
- ↑ "Meet Ishant Sharma's Fiancee: Basketball Champ Pratima Singh". The Quint. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ↑ "Indian basketball sisters defy gender bias". Stabroek News. 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ↑ "Fantastic four – Indian Women Basketball gets a fillip | My India". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ↑ "Akanksha is champ - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ↑ NDTV (2011-07-17), The Basketball sisters of Banaras, retrieved 2018-04-17
- ↑ "A talk with Divya Singh, Former Indian Basketball Team Captain". 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
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