Anitha Pauldurai

Anitha Pauldurai
Anitha Pauldurai
Position	Shooting guard
Career	International: 2001–present
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Indian
Born	22 June 1985 (age 39); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Anitha Pauldurai (born 22 June 1985, Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian basketball player who has been the Captain of the Indian Women's National basketball team.

Anitha is the first Indian woman who played seven ASIAN BASKETBALL CONFEDERATION(ABC) championship continuously to represent the Nation squad and also gave the honour of Captaincy. She is one of the first ever Ranked in Top Four A grade Elite basketball player of Indian.

During August,2012,she has been selected to play for international professional league in Thailand. Anitha has played a number of international tournaments including big ticket events such as the Asian championship, common wealth games 2006 and 16th Asian games 2010. Anitha won Gold Medal in 1st 3 on 3 FIBA ASIAN BASKETBALL championship at Doha 2013, Gold Medal in 3rd Asian beach games at Haiyan china 2012, Captain and Top Assists in the tournament, Gold Medal in south Asian beach games at Sri Lanka 2011 and Silver Medal in Asian indoor games at Vietnam 2009.

Anitha Pauldurai won Gold Medal for 10 years and Bronze Medal for 2 years in prestigious senior National championship and won 11 medals in prestigious National games |Federation cup |Junior |Youth national.

International Sporting Achievements

Senior Asian Basketball Confederation Held 2013, Bangkok

International Exposure Trip At Nba Training Centre 2013, China

Gold Medal In 3 On 3 Asian Basket Ball Championship Held 2013, Dhoha

Gold Medal In 3rd Asian Beach Games Held 2012 - Captain, Haiyang

Williams Jones Cup Tournament Held 2012, Taiwan

Gold Medal In South Asian Beach Games Held, 2011, Sri Lanka

Senior Asian Basketball Confederation Held 2011, Japan

Williams Jones Cup Tournament Held 2011, Chinese Taipei,

Asian Games Held 2010, China, Guangzhou

Silver Medal In Indoor Asian Games Held 2009, Vietnam,

Senior Asian Basketball Confederation For Women, 2009, Chennai,

Senior Asian Basketball Confederation For Women, 2007, Korea

Common Wealth Games Held, 2006, Melbourne

Four Nation Tournament, 2006, New Zealand

Silver Medal In Invitational Tournament, 2005, Malaysia

Gold Medal In Invitational Tournament, 2005, Thailand

Senior Asian Basketball Confederation For Women — Captain,2005 China

Senior Asian Basketball Confederation For Women, 2003, Japan

Senior Asian Basketball Confederation For Women, 2001, Bangkok

Junior Women Asian Basketball Confederation, 2000, Delhi

National Sporting achievement

Represented Indian Railways For 3 On 3 Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Delhi,2013 - Gold Medal.
Represented Tamil Nadu For Federation Cup For Men And Women, Bangalore,2013 – Gold Medal. {captain } Most Valuable Player.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Ludhiana,2012 - Gold Medal.
Represented Southern Railways For Federation Cup For Men And Women, Cochin,2012 – Gold Medal.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Chennai,2011 - Gold Medal.
Represented Southern Railways For Federation Cup For Men And Women, Raipur,2011 - Silver Medal.
Represented Tamil Nadu For 34th National Games, Jharkhand, 2011 – Gold Medal.{ Captain }
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Delhi,2010 - Gold Medal.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Ludhiana,Punjab,2009 - Gold Medal Captain And Top Scorer Of The Tournament.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Surat,gujrat,2008 - Gold Medal.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Pondicherry,2007 - Gold Medal.
Represented Southern Railways For Federation Cup For Men And Women, Rourekela,2007 - Silver Medal{captain}.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Pune,2005 - Gold Medal.
Represented Southern Railways For Federation Cup For Men And Women, Bhavnagar,2005 - Gold Medal.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women- Ludhiana,2004 - Gold Medal.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Cuttack,2003 - Gold Medal.
Represented Tamil Nadu For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women -bangalore,2001 - Bronze Medal.
Represented Tamil Nadu For 31st National Games, Punjab, 2001 – Silver Medal.
Represented Tamil Nadu For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Delhi,2000 - Bronze Medal.
Represented Tamil Nadu For Federation Cup For Men And Women, Visakhapatnam, 2000 – Fourth Place.

Awards and Achievement

Captained Tamil Nadu Team and Won Gold Medal and Most Valuable player award in Prestigious 26th IMG RELIANCE FEDERATION CUP, Bangalore 2012.
Captained East and Won Best Player award in All star game professional basketball League in Mumbai 2012
She is one of the first ever Ranked in Top Four A grade Elite basketball Player of Indian 2011.
Captained and Top Scorer Award in Prestigious IMG RELIANCE SENIOR NATIONAL Championship at Ludhiana 2009.
GM Award for sports in Southern Railway Department 2008.
Most Valuable Player Award in Prestigious all India Tournament at Mumbai ( Savio Cup, Ramu Memorial Trophy), Delhi, Punjab, Coimbatore, Chennai.
Captained and Best Player Award in Youth Nationals, Varanasi, Mumbai 2000.

Academic

Graduated in B.Com from Madras University & MBA (HRM) from Annamalai University

Family

Anitha Pauldurai , a resident of Chennai, 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 Chief Ticket Inspector.

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