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{{Short description|Indian basketball player (born 1982)}}
{{for|the Indian cricketer|Divya Pratap Singh}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
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| name = Divya Singh
| image = Divya9868S.jpg
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| number = 4
| position = Guard/forward
| career_start = (International)-2002
| career_end = 2007
| team = University of Delaware (women's basketball assistant coach)
| height_ft = 6
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|7|21}}
| birth_place = [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality = {{flagicon|IND}} Indian
| highschool = RMKBI, Varanasi
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'''Divya Singh''' ([[Hindi]]:'दिव्या सिंह') (born 21 July 1982) is former captain of the [[India women's national basketball team|Indian National Women's Basketball Team]]. Singh led the Indian women's basketball team at the 2006 Melbourne [[Commonwealth Games]]. She is known for her game skills, leadership qualities, academic strength and personality. She has done sports management at the [[University of Delaware]], [[Newark, Delaware]], (UD) in the year 2008 to 2010 and worked as a Women's basketball assistant coach for UD. She was assistant coach of the Under 16 Indian Men's basketball team which participated in Vietnam 2011. She was the assistant coach of the [[India national basketball team|Indian Men's team]] when India won the bronze medal in [[Lusophony Games]] in [[Goa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hoopistani.blogspot.in/2014/01/india-win-mens-basketball-gold-at-goas.html|title=Hoopistani: India win Men's Basketball Gold at Goa's Lusofonia Games; Women bag bronze medal|date=28 January 2014}}</ref> She was also a part of the [[India women's national basketball team|Indian National Women's Basketball Team]] as an assistant coach in the [[17th Asian Games|17th Asian Games Incheon 2014]].

She works in [[MTNL]], Delhi. She comes from the Varanasi's "Basketball Family of India" whose four out of five sisters have either played or playing for Indian national team. Her sisters [[Prashanti Singh|Prashanti]], [[Akanksha Singh|Akanksha]], and [[Pratima Singh|Pratima]], have represented Indian National Women's Basketball Team. [[Akanksha Singh]] is the current captain of the team. Another sister Priyanka Singh is an [[National Institute of Sports|NIS]] basketball coach. Together they are also known as ''Singh Sisters''. She has one brother, Vikrant Solanki, who plays [[association football|football]]. He has played many nationals from [[Uttar Pradesh]] and junior [[I-league]]. He is a student in [[Sri Venkateshwara College]] in [[New Delhi]]

Singh has been a successful coach at many colleges in Delhi including St. Stephen's College and Jesus & Mary College. She is also working as a coach with the Delhi women's basketball team.

==International sporting achievements==
*3 to 10 June 2007, [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]] - winner in Pool-B at [[FIBA]] Asia Championship for Women
*15 to 26 March 2006, [[Melbourne]] ([[Australia]]) [[Commonwealth Games]] as captain
*7 to 12 March 2006, [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]] Friendly Match Series
*22 to 25 September 2006, [[Phuket Province|Phuket]], [[Thailand]] - Gold in First Phuket International [[Invitational Basketball Championship]]
*13 to 19 January 2005, [[Sendai]], [[Japan]] - Silver in 20th [[Asian Basketball Confederation]] Championship for Senior Women
*29 October to 2 November, [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] - Bronze in [[Port Dickson]] International Invitational Basketball Championship for Senior Women

==Awards and achievements==
*2002 - Best Player Award in Senior UP State Championship, held at Kanpur
*2002 - Award for outstanding player from Lucknow Basketball Association
*2002 - Award as an outstanding player from [[Vice chancellor]] of the [[Benaras Hindu University]], Varanasi
*2004 - Century [[Sports Award]] by Centaury Sports Club
*2005 - Best Player in 21st Karp Impex [[Federation Cup (basketball)|Federation Cup]] Basketball Championship
*2006 - Captain of the Indian Basketball team at [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]] (Australia)
*2006 - Outstanding Player Honour by [[Udai Pratap Autonomous College]], [[Varanasi]] Old Students' Association
*2013 - FIBA Level 1 Coaching certificate
*2016-17 - Bharat Gaurav Awards for excellence is sports
*2017 - Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh

==National sporting achievement==
[[Image:Divya in shooting.jpg|thumb|right|Divya Singh in action for [[Delhi]]]]
*Bronze Medal in 20th Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2003, Vashi, Navi Mumbai
*Gold Medal in 53rd Senior National Basketball Championship, 2003, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], AP
*Silver Medal in R.Vaikuntam Cup Basketball Championship for Women, 2005, [[New Delhi]]
*Silver Medal in 21st Karp Impex Federation Cup Basketball Championship, 2005, [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]]
*Silver Medal in 55th Senior National Basketball Championship, 2005, [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
*Silver Medal in 57th Senior National Basketball Championship 2006–07, [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]
*Silver Medal in 22nd [[Federation Cup Basketball Championship]], 2006, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
*Silver Medal in 56th Senior National Basketball Championship, 2006, Pune, [[Maharashtra]]

==Academic==
* Elementary schooling from Rajershi Shishu Vihar, [[Uday Pratap College, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[High school]] from R.M.K.B.I. College, [[Varanasi]]
* Bachelors in [[physical education]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]], [[India]]
* [[sports management]] from [[University of Delaware]], [[Newark, Delaware]]

==Family==
Singh comes from a family of basketball players. Of her sisters, three are currently{{when|date=September 2013}} members of the Indian [[India women's national basketball team]]:

** [[Prashanti Singh]] (currently{{when|date=September 2013}} member of [[India women's national basketball team]])
** [[Akanksha Singh]] (currently{{when|date=September 2013}} member of India women's national basketball team)
** [[Pratima Singh]] (currently{{when|date=September 2013}} captain Junior India women national basketball team)
** Priyanka Singh ([[National Institute of Sports|NIS]] basketball coach, wife of Manish Kumar who is also an NIS basketball coach)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=IND&PlayerID=101739 EuroBasket]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071120041558/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1558298,00.html ''Time'' magazine]
* [http://www.udel.edu/education/graduate/directory/DivyaSingh.html University Directory]
* [http://www.interbasket.net/news/2009/09/24/divya-singh-interview-with-indian-pg/ Interbasket]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091212012938/http://nbalivearena.com/2009/09/24/divya-singh-interview-with-indian-basketball-pg/ nbalivearena]
* [http://www.interbasket.net/news/2009/09/24/divya-singh-interview-with-indian-pg/ ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071120041558/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1558298,00.html ''Time'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071120041558/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1558298,00.html ''Time'']
* [http://www.sportskeeda.com/2009/10/23/interview-former-womens-captain/ sportkeeda]
* [http://nhatrang2011.fibaasia.net/TournamentInterviewDetails.aspx?id=142/ 2nd FIBA Asia U16 Championship]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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