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Anitha Pauldurai
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Anitha Pauldurai (born 22 June 1985, Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian basketball player who has been the captain of the India women's national basketball team. She has been conferred with National Civilian Award Padma Shri in 2021. She has been also conferred with Chief Minister State award in the field of sports by Government of Tamilnadu in 2013. She played for 18 years on the Indian women's national team (2000 to 2017). Anitha is the first only Indian woman to have played nine Asian Bas...
About: Pauldurai was born in a middle class Tamil family to late police constable G.Pauldurai and housewife Lalitha in Chennai, Tamilnadu. She started playing basketball at the age of 11 but admits that early on, she wasn't a fan of the sport. "I used to like volleyball and athletics more," she said, "But when I was in school, the basketball coach recommended that I try the game. The more I played, the more interested I became in the sport." She was graduate in B.Com. from Madras University & MBA (HRM) from Annamalai University. She joined Southern Railway 2003, now working as Officer on Special Duty, Ticket Checking.
Achievements:
Year Award/Recognition Details 2021 Padma Shri Award for Sports Fourth Highest Civilian Award in India 2021 FEMINA Super Daughter Award – 2021 Tamil Nadu Women Achiever Award from Brand Republic – 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from Rotary Club Chennai Velachery – 2021 Sports Women of the Year Award from Jeppiaar Institute of Technology – 2021 Raindrops Women Achiever Award – 2021 Best Sports Women Award from TN World Women Wing – 2021 Wonder Women Award from Virisha Book of World Record – 2019 Women Achiever Award from State Bank Of India – 2018 Villayatu Ratna Award from News7 channel Tamil Ratna Awards – 2018 Doctor of Letters (D.LITT) from DK International Research Foundation – 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in senior National Basketball Championship at Chennai – 2018 Women Achiever Award from Rajalakshmi Engineering College – 2018 Young Achiever Award from International Youth Fest – 2017 Women Achiever Award from Vels University – 2016 Vikadan award for Golden Captain – 2013 Chief Minister State Sports Award – 2013 Top Plays of the Tournament 2013 FIBA Asian Women – 2008 Southern Railway General Manager’s Railway Week Award for Sports – 2001 Best Player Award in 17th Youth Nationals at Vashi – 2001 Received Book of World Records Certificate For Contribution towards Basketball sport in India
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/anithapauldurai
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anithapauldurai07/
Country: India
Ratings: 2.0
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