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'''Meenalatha Mohan''' (born 23 March 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Meenalatha Mohan () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/23600-meenalatha-mohan |website=FIBA Basketball |access-date=31 October 2025}}</ref> is a former Indian basketball player and coach from Tamil Nadu. She played for the [[India women's national basketball team]] and the [[Indian Railways]] teams in the domestic tournaments.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Rajan |first=Sanjay |date=2023-09-17 |title=Ringside view: Meenalatha, a star in her own right |url=https://www.dtnext.in/news/sports/ringside-view-meenalatha-a-star-in-her-own-right-736748 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Basketball MOHAN Meenalatha - The 19th Asian Games |url=https://www.ocagames.com/HZ_Info/AG2022-/en/results/basketball/athlete-profile-n2300704-mohan-meenalatha.htm |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.ocagames.com}}</ref> She also coached the Indian women's 5x5 team for the [[2022 Asian Games|Asian Games 2022]] at [[Hangzhou]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=R |first=Gopalakrishnan |title=Asian Games Basketball: India's Revised Rosters Announced |url=https://www.ekalavyas.com/p/asian-games-basketball-indias-revised |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.ekalavyas.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Mohan is born in [[Chengalpattu]], Tamil Nadu. She did her schooling at St. Mary's School, Chengalpattu and learnt her basics at the Premium Basketball Club.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Mohan started as a club player and played for her school in Chengalpattu, a rural town in Tamil Nadu. At 18 years, she joined Southern Railways, a premier basketball team, in 1996 and represented India in the Asian Basketball Championships for women in 1997.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1994, she played a key role in Tamil Nadu winning their first Junior National title and she was also part of her state team that won the Junior Nationals for a second time in 1996. After joining the Southern Railways, she was selected for the Indian Railways team which she represented for many years. She won the [[National Basketball Championship (women)|Senior National Basketball Championship for women]] six times as part of the Indian Railways team.<ref name=":0" /> One of her early National titles came on 1 January 2000, where Indian Railways won their 11th National title at the National Basketball Championship in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000102/sports.htm#8 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref> She represented India at the 2001 Asian Championship for Women.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-30 |title=Meena Latha () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age {{!}} FIBA Basketball |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/234277-meena-latha |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}}</ref><br />
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=== Coaching career ===<br />
In 2021, Mohan's first assignment as an assistant coach with the Indian team was for the FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2021 in Amman, Jordan, where Indian women finished 8th under chief coach Serbian Zoran Višić.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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[[Category:Indian women's basketball players]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball players from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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