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{{Short description|Indian basketball player (born 2005)}}
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'''Manmeet Kaur''' (born 11 November 2005)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Manmeet Kaur - (India) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age {{!}} FIBA Basketball |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/318068-manmeet-kaur--#achievements |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian basketball player from [[Punjab]]. She plays for the [[India women's national basketball team]] as a center. She plays for Punjab in the domestic tournaments.

== Early life and career ==
Kaur is from [[Ludhiana]], Punjab.

Kaur was selected to play the second Junior NBA Global Championship, [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], Florida, USA in August 2019. The selections for the 20-member Indian girls team were held at the [[NBA Academy|NBA academy]] in Delhi in July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-05 |title=Ludhiana girl Manmeet Kaur to play in Junior NBA Global Championship |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/ludhiana-girl-to-play-in-junior-nba-global-championship-5876598/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2025, she is selected for the Indian team to play the [[2025 SABA Women's Championship|3rd South Asian Basketball Association Women's Championship 2025]] qualifiers at New Delhi from 23 to 26 February 2025. The Indian team played [[Maldives women's national football team results|Maldives]] and [[Nepal women's national football team|Nepal]] for a berth in the [[FIBA Women's Asia Cup|FIBA women's Asia Cup]]. She played both the matches, and the final against Maldives, at Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=FIBA LiveStats India vs. Maldives |url=https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/FASIA/2624277/bs.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=geniussports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FIBA LiveStats - Final - India vs. Maldives |url=https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/FASIA/2624278/bs.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=geniussports.com}}</ref>

In January 2025, she was also part of the Punjab team<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2025 |title=Punjab teams announced for National Basketball Championship |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-teams-announced-for-national-basketball-championship-101735747753156.html |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Amjyot, Shabnum to lead Punjab teams in Senior National Basketball Championship |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/amjyot-shabnum-to-lead-punjab-teams-in-senior-national-basketball-championship/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}</ref> that finished fourth in the 74th Senior National Basketball Championship losing the bronze medal match to Karnataka by 76–77.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rayan |first=Stan |date=2025-02-02 |title=Basketball |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/national-games/article69172570.ece |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She also played for the Punjab team that reached the semifinals in the [[National Games of India|National Games]] in [[Uttarakhand]] in 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-30 |title=NATIONAL GAMES {{!}} Punjab men, Kerala women enter basketball semifinals |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/national-games-punjab-men-kerala-women-enter-basketball-semifinals/article69159784.ece |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Earlier in 2022, she played the [[FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship|FIBA Under 18 Women's Asian Championship]] 2022 Division A and the [[FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship|FIBA Under 16 Women's Asian Championship]] 2021 Division A. She was also part of the [[Ludhiana]] 3x3 teams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIBA.Basketball - 3x3 Confirmed Profile -Manmeet Kaur |url=https://play.fiba3x3.com/players/0445171b-bcbd-4190-8d1a-bfb0210aadf9/activity |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=FIBA3x3.com}}</ref>

She also represented India at the 2022 Asian Games but as a junior player did not get enough minutes on the court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Know Your Squad: Indian women's basketball team for SABA Women's Championship 2025 |url=https://khelnow.com/basketball/saba-womens-championship-2025-india-squad-facts-202502 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Khel Now |language=en-us}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2005 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:People from Ludhiana]]
[[Category:Basketball players at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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