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{{Short description|Indian basketball player}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
[[File:Pratima_Singh.jpg|thumb|Pratima Singh Indian Basketball Player]]
'''Pratima Singh''' is a member of the [[India women's national basketball team]],<ref>[http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=IND&PlayerID=183784 Pratima Singh Profile], asia-basket.com</ref> hailing from Jaunpur, [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Pratima Singh was born on 6 February 1990 in the Shivpur area in the holy city of [[Varanasi]] in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kar|first=Tanuj|date=2016-06-20|title=Pratima Singh: All you need to know about the Indian basketball player and Ishant Sharma's fiancee|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/pratima-singh-all-you-need-know-about-indian-basketball-player-ishant-sharmas-fiancee|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us}}</ref> Born in [[Varanasi]], her siblings have also either played or are playing for India- her sisters [[Divya Singh|Divya]] and Priyanka have represented Indian National Women's Basketball Team, while [[Prashanti Singh]] an [[Arjuna Award]] and [[Padma Shri]] winner is the current captain of the team and [[Akanksha Singh|Akanksha]] is a member.

==Playing career==
Singh started playing basketball in 2003 in Uttar Pradesh and later learned basketball at Udai Pratap college. With her growing basketball skills she was selected to the Junior Indian team in the year of 2006 and captained the Junior Indian Girls team in 2008. Under her leadership, Delhi has won many medals such as Junior National championship in [[Bhilwara]] and [[Rajasthan]].

She led the [[Delhi University]] Team in All India Inter-university, [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], 2010 and won the gold medal. She was vice Captain when [[University of Delhi]] won a gold medal in the All India University basketball Championship at [[Nellore]], where she was given joint best player award along with her sister [[Akanksha Singh]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}.

She is a product of [[Jesus and Mary College]] (2008–09), she won many 'Best Player' titles at the university level. Her peers in college knew her as someone with a lot of style and chutzpah. She won a gold medal for the country in the first 3×3 [[FIBA Asia Championship]]. She was also known as a fighter as she fought through her knee injury with a lot of hard work and avoided an operation and then performed after a year of hard work and became the highest scorer of the tournament in 2012.

==Personal life==

She comes from a family of Indian basketball players, three of her sisters currently are a member of the Indian women's national basketball team. They are also known as Singh Sisters.

* Priyanka Singh (a [[National Institute of Sports]] Basketball Coach)
* [[Divya Singh]] (Currently Coach of U16 Indian Men Basketball Team)
* [[Prashanti Singh]] (Current captain of [[India women's national basketball team]])
* [[Akanksha Singh]] (Currently member of [[India women's national basketball team]])

On 10 December 2016, she married Indian cricketer [[Ishant Sharma]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ishant Sharma, Pratima Singh tie the knot, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh attend|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ishant-sharma-pratima-singh-wedding-ms-dhoni-yuvraj-singh-inside-pics-4420064/|work=The Indian Express|date=10 December 2016}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==

*'''Gold Medallist''' in Diploma in Sports Coaching from [[Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports]], 2014–15<ref name=Anchor>{{cite news|title=Pratima Singh: All you need to know about the Indian basketball player and Ishant Sharma's fiancee|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/pratima-singh-all-you-need-know-about-indian-basketball-player-ishant-sharmas-fiancee|date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
*'''Gold Medal''' at the inaugural [[FIBA Asia 3x3 Championship]] 2013.<ref name=Pratima>{{cite news|title=3x3 - India's women, Qatar's men crowned at first FIBA Asia 3x3 C'ship|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/3x3-India-s-women-Qatar-s-men-crowned-at-first-FIBA-Asia-3x3-C-ship}}</ref>
*'''Achievers Award''' from Women sports foundation of India 2013<ref name="Anchor"/>
*'''Top Scorer of the Tournament''' in Senior National Basketball Championship in [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu 2011-2016<ref name="Anchor"/>
*'''Shri Prakash Jyoti Award''' for Excellence in sports in Jesus & Mary College,2009–10<ref name="Anchor"/>
*'''Century Sports Award for Excellence in Sports''' 2010 [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="Anchor"/>
*'''Sports women of the year''' in [[Jesus and Mary College]] for year 2008-09<ref name="Anchor"/>
*'''Best Player''' in [[All India Intra University]], [[Nellore]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="Anchor"/>

==International sporting achievement==

* [[Asian Games 2010]] [[Guangzhou]], [[China]], 12 November to 27 November 2010
* 24th FIBA [[Asian Basketball Championship]] for Senior Women, 2009, [[Chennai]], [[India]]
* 18th FIBA [[Asian Basketball Championship]] for Junior Women 2007, [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
* 2nd FIBA [[Asian Basketball Championship]] for Young Women, 2006, [[Singapore]]

==References==
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== External links ==

* [http://wonderwoman.intoday.in/story/pratima-singh/3/86216.html/ Pratima Singh]
* [http://www.sportskeeda.com/2010/08/09/top-10-glamorous-woman-in-indian-sports/ sportskeeda]
* [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/104360/SUPPLEMENTS/girl-power.html Girl power : Simply Delhi: India Today]
* [http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-107503.html Director Jagmohan Mundhra At '4PM On The Court' - World News, 107503]
* [http://www.tubaah.com/details.php?video_id=3260&mode=&type=video Tubaah: Varanasi sisters aim for basketball glory]

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[[Category:Small forwards]]
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[[Category:Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
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[[Category:Basketball players from Varanasi]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
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[[Category:Basketball players from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Singh sisters]]

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