Prashant Singh Rawat

Prashant Singh Rawat (born 15 August 2000) is an Indian professional basketball player, last playing for Uttarakhand of the National Basketball Championship.

Prashant Singh Rawat
Personal information
Born (2000-08-15) 15 August 2000
NationalityIndian
Listed height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
CollegeMotiram Baburam Government Post Graduate College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand
Playing career2017–present
PositionForward
Career history
2017–2022Uttarakhand
Career highlights and awards
2017 National Basketball Championship – Champion[1]

Personal

Prashant Singh Rawat is the son of Narendra Singh Rawat, a former India national team player who represented his home country from 1993 to 2000 at several international events in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and China. After this, Narendra Singh Rawat was appointed as a physical teacher in a private school in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand. During this time he continued to practice basketball with Prashant. In later years Prashant went on to Motiram Baburam Government Post Graduate College where he was part of the basketball team.[1]

Playing career

Rawat was selected for the NBA Academy in 2017 as one of the top 22 children in the country.[2]

He represented his home country at the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship in Thailand.[1]Also a Gold Medalist in the South Asian Basketball Championship 2018 in Bangladesh.

Since 2020, he has been a member of the Indian senior team for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification[1] and 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualification.

Altogether, he represented India in China, Australia, Bangladesh ,Thailand[2] Bahrain , Saudi Arabia , Indonesia.

He represented the nation in 2022 FIBA Asia Cup in Jakarta , Indonesia . He has represented India in 2022 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in Singapore.

References
  1. पिता के बाद अब बेटा खेलेगा सीनियर इंटरनेशनल बास्केटबाल, फीबा एशिया कप के लिए चयन Skand Shukla (Dainik Jagran), 19 February 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021.(in Hindi)
  2. हल्द्वानी के प्रशांत का सीनियर बास्केटबॉल टीम में चयन Hindustan, 18 February 2020. Accessed 25 February 2021.(in Hindi)


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