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{{Infobox basketball biography<br />
| name = Appoorva Muralinath<br />
| image = Appoorva Muralinath indian team.jpg<br />
| caption = Appoorva Muralinath in 2016<br />
| league = [[Women's National Basketball Association|BFI]]<br />
| team = India<br />
| number = 22<br />
| position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]/[[Center (basketball)|center]]<br />
| height = 180cm<br />
| weight = <br />
| birth_date = <br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| nationality = Indian <br />
}}<br />
'''Appoorva Muralinath''' (born in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]) is an Indian basketball player and coach. She was an active athlete from 2005-2017. She played on the [[India women's national basketball team]] from 2010-2015. She is a [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]]/[[Center (basketball)|Center]]. She is the daughter of K. Muralinath who played for the Indian National Men's Basketball Team in the [[1982 Asian Games]].<br />
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Muralinath is currently the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at [[Dean College]] [[Massachusetts]] United States.<ref name="Dean coaches">[https://www.deanbulldogs.com/sports/wbkb/coaches/index Dean College Bullgdogs - Coaches]</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
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|[[American Council on Exercise]], United States<ref name=CMassStaff>*[https://www.cmfbasketball.com/staff Central Mass Fundamentals - Staff ]</ref><br />
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==Personal details==<br />
Muralinath's father K. Muralinath played for the Indian National Basketball Team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Family of hoopsters |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2010/dec/06/family-of-hoopsters-208727.html |website=The New Indian Express |accessdate=21 June 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Professional-playing experience==<br />
'''2015: Professional Basketball Athlete Representing Country India'''<br />
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•Represented the Indian Senior Women Basketball team at the 26th [[FIBA]] Asian Championship for Women held at [[Wuhan]], China.<ref name=2015FIBA>*[https://www.fiba.basketball/asiawomen/2015/India India FEBA Asia 2015]</ref><ref name=2015FIBA2>{{cite web|url=http://hoopistani.blogspot.com/2015/08/team-india-probables-for-fiba-asia.html|title=Hoopistani: Team India for 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship selected in Bengaluru|first=Karan|last=Madhok|date=9 August 2015|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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•16 International teams participated.<br />
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'''2012: Professional Basketball Athlete Representing Country India'''<ref name="CMassStaff" /><br />
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•Represented the Indian Senior Women Basketball Team at the William Jones Cup for Women held at [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].<br />
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•10 International teams participated.<br />
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'''2011: National Games of India'''<br />
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•Represented her state team (Tamil Nadu) in National Games Championship organized by [[Indian Olympic Association]] (IOA) at Ranchi, India<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala pips Tamil Nadu |work=The Hindu |date=3 January 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Kerala-pips-Tamil-Nadu/article15503952.ece}}</ref><br />
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•More than 30 state teams participated.<br />
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•Secured Gold medal in the championship.<br />
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'''2006 – 2015: Played for National Championships'''<br />
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•Played 10 Senior National Championships organized by the [[Basketball Federation of India]] (BFI).<br />
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•All (30) state teams participated.<br />
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•Has been awarded with 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.<br />
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•Has represented her state (Tamil Nadu) team as well the (Indian Railways)<ref name=FedCup2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/ongc-men-and-tn-women-emerge-champions/article4376628.ece|title=ONGC men and TN women emerge champions|first1=Avinash|last1=Nair|date=4 February 2013|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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'''2012 – 2016: Professional All India Inter-Railway Championships'''<ref name=2016IR>{{cite web|url=http://basketballfederationindia.org/index.php/news/latest-news/145-preview-senior-national-basketball-championship-2016-part-i|title=Basketball Federation of India - Preview – Senior National Basketball Championship 2016- Part I|first=Super|last=User|website=basketballfederationindia.org|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117152212/http://basketballfederationindia.org/index.php/news/latest-news/145-preview-senior-national-basketball-championship-2016-part-i|archive-date=17 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=2016IR2>{{cite web |title=Southern Railway beat Eastern, enter semis |url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/Sports/2016/04/08183909/Southern-Railway-beat-Eastern-enter-semis.vpf |website=dtNext.in |accessdate=13 April 2020 |language=en |date=8 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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•Played 5 Inter-Railway Championships organized by Indian Railways.<br />
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•4 state zones/16 teams participated.<br />
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•Has been awarded with 4 Gold, 1 Silver medals.<br />
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•Has captained the team (Southern Railway), and have received various awards.<br />
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'''2008-2012: All India Inter-University National Championships'''<br />
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•Played 5 Inter-University National Championships.<br />
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•More than 50 university teams participated.<br />
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•Has been awarded with 2 Gold and 3 Silver medals.<br />
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•Has represented two different teams in 5 years.<br />
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•Has captained SRM University and Madras University team,and have received various awards including the most valuable player (MVP) award and the best re-bounder award.<br />
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'''2006 – 2008: Junior, Youth and School National Championships'''<br />
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•Represented and captained her state as well as the school teams in various national championships.in the championships.<br />
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•Has captained the teams in the championships, and received various awards including the most valuable player (MVP) award and the best re-bounder award.<br />
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==Professional-coaching experience==<br />
'''2019-2020'''<br />
•Assistant coach for women’s basketball team – Dean College, Franklin - MA<ref name="Dean coaches" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==General references==<br />
* {{cite web |last1=R |first1=Gopalakrishnan |title=9th Savio Cup 2014: Favourites ONGC (men) and Southern Railway crowned champions |url=http://ekalavyas.com/2014/01/18/9th-savio-cup-2014-favourites-ongc-men-southern-railway-crowned-champions/ |website=Ekalavyas |accessdate=13 April 2020 |date=18 January 2014}}<br />
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