Appoorva Muralinath
![]() Appoorva Muralinath in 2016 | |
No. 22 – India | |
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Position | Power forward/center |
League | BFI |
Personal information | |
Born |
Chennai, Tamilnadu | 2 February 1989
Nationality | Indian |
Listed height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Listed weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Appoorva Muralinath (born 2 February 1989, Chennai, Tamil nadu) is an active athlete from 2010 of the Indian national women's basketball team. She is a power forward/Center and has received many awards in her field. She is the daughter of K.Muralinath an international basketball player, who has represented the Indian team himself at the 1982 Asian Games
Education
Degree | Institution |
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High School | Sacred Heart Church Park, Chennai |
B.A in Journalism and Mass communications | SRM University ,Katankolathur, Chennai |
M.A in Mass communications | M.O.P Vaishnav College, Chennai |
Personal Details
Muralinath comes from a family filled with hoop players, her father K.Muralinath is an international basketball player, who represented India men's National Basketball team for more than 7 years, he was a key player at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, her mother P.R.Shaila is a basketball player who has played for the Indian Railways team. Muralinath's uncle K. Premnath and K. Gopinath were state-level basketball players as well.
Professional/Playing Experience
- Represented the Indian Senior Women Basketball team at the 26th FIBA Asian Championship for Women held at Wuhan, China in 2015
- Represented the Indian Senior Women Basketball Team at the William Jones Cup for Women held at Taipei, Taiwan in 2012
- Represented the state team Tamil Naduin National Games Championship organized by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) at Ranchi, India in 2011[1]
References
- ↑ "Kerala pips Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. 3 January 2011.
General references
- "5 From Kerala at the Senior Basketball Camp in Bangalore".
- User, Super. "Basketball Federation of India - Preview – Senior National Basketball Championship 2016- Part I". basketballfederationindia.org.
- http://ekalavyas.com/2014/01/18/9th-savio-cup-2014-favourites-ongc-men-southern-railway-crowned-champions/
- "Southern Railway beat Eastern, enter semis". 8 April 2016.
- "9th Savio Cup 2014: Favourites ONGC (men) and Southern Railway crowned champions - Ekalavyas". 18 January 2014.
- Madhok, Karan (9 August 2015). "Hoopistani: Team India for 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship selected in Bengaluru".
- Nair, Avinash; Nair, Avinash (4 February 2013). "ONGC men and TN women emerge champions" – via www.thehindu.com.