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. She represented the Indian team of Women basketball.
Anitha is the first Indian woman who played eight ASIAN BASKETBALL CONFEDERATION(ABC) championship continuously to represent the Nation squad and also gave the honor 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.
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.
Awards and Achievements
Anitha have been continuously represented for Indian team of women’s basketball for the past 16 years without break and She is the first Indian woman basketball player to play eight senior FIBA Asian basketball confederation (ABC) championship.
One of the top ten player of the tournament in FIBA Asian women 2013.
One of the first ever ranked in top four A grade elite basketball player of India.
Won gold medal in 1st 3 on 3 FIBA Asian basketball championship held at Doha, Qatar in May, 2013.
In August 2012, She is the only player from TamilNadu who has been selected to play for international professional league in Thailand.
Won gold medal and top assists in the tournament of 33rd Asian beach games held at Haiyan, China in 2012 and captained the team.
Won gold medal 3 on 3 south Asian games at Hambutata, Srilanka 2012.
In 2009 won silver medal in Asian indoor games at Vietnam.
Played seven senior FIBA Asian basketball confederation (ABC) championship during the years 2001 at Bangkok/Thailand, 2004 at Japan, 2005 at China(captain), 2007 at south Korea, 2009 at Chennai/India, 2011 at Nagasaki/Japan, 2013 at Bangkok/Thailand, 2015 at China(captain).
Top steals in the tournament of 24th FIBA Asian confederation championship held at Nagasaki/Japan 2011 during August.
Top assists in commonwealth games at Melbourne, Australia 2006.
Won gold medals for 10 years in senior national women’s basketball championship from 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 (captain), 2010, 2011,2012 and 2013 (3 on 3).
Under her captaincy Tamilnadu women’s basketball team had won the gold medal in the prestigious 26th IMG reliance federation cup for men & women held at Bengaluru 2012. This is the first time Tamilnadu team won this championship and Anitha received the most valuable player award of the tournament.
Won the most valuable player award in the prestigious all star professional basketball league in Mumbai 2012.
Top scorer award in prestigious IMG Reliance senior nationals held at Ludhiana 2009 and captain of the team.
Under her captaincy, Tamilnadu women's basketball team had won the gold medal in the 34th national games held at Jharkhand 2011 and silver medal in the 35th national games held at Kerala 2015.
Most valuable player award in prestigious all India tournaments held at Mumbai, Savio cup, Ramu memorial trophy, Delhi, Punjab,Coimbatore, Karur, Chennai.
Under her captaincy, Tamilnadu women's basketball team had won the gold medal in south-zone basketball championship held at Visakhapatnam 2010 and Hospet 2008.
won gold medal and best player award for youth nationals held at Varnasi, Mumbai and captained Tamilnadu team.
Won the FIBA Asia Division B under her captaincy held at Bengaluru in 2017
Senior Asian basketball confederation held at China 2015 – Captain
Senior Asian basketball confederation held at Bangkok 2013.
Gold medal in 3 on 3 Asian basketball confederation held at Doha, Qatar 2013.
Gold medal in 3rd Asian beach games held at Haiyang, China 2012 - Captain
Williams Jones cup tournament held at Taiwan, 2012.
Gold medal in south Asian beach games held at SriLanka, 2011.
Senior Asian basketball confederation held at Japan,2011.
Williams Jones cup tournament held at Chinese Taipei,2011.
Asian games held at china (Guangzhou), 2010.
Silver medal in indoor Asian games held at Vietnam,2009.
Senior Asian basketball confederation for women, Chennai,2009.
senior asian basketball confederation for women, Korea 2007.
Common wealth games held at Melbourne, Australia 2006.
Four nation tournament in New Zealand,2006.
Silver medal in invitational tournament at Malaysia,2005.
Gold medal in invitational tournament in Thailand,2005.
Senior Asian basketball confederation for women - China 2005 - Captain
senior Asian basketball confederation for women - Japan 2003.
Senior Asian basketball confederation for women- Bangkok 2001.
Junior women Asian basketball confederation - Delhi 2000.
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, Gujarat,2008 - Gold Medal.
Represented Indian Railways For Senior National Basketball Championship For Men & Women — Puducherry,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.
Represented Tamilnadu for 35th national games, Kerala, 2015 – silver medal -captain
Represented Tamilnadu for 34th national games, Jharkhand, 2011 – gold medal -captain
Represented Tamilnadu for 31st national games, Punjab , 2001 – silver medal
Represented southern railways for federation cup for men and women, Pune,2015 – gold medal
Represented Tamilnadu for federation cup for men and women, Bangalore,2013 – gold medal- captain
Represented southern railways for federation cup for men and women, Cochin,2012 – gold medal
Represented southern railways for federation cup for men and women, Raipur,2011 - silver medal
Represented southern railways for federation cup for men and women, Rourekela,2007 - silver medal - captain
Represented southern railways for federation cup for men and women , Bhavnagar,2005 - gold medal
Represented Tamilnadu for federation cup for men and women , Vishakapatnam, 2000 – fourth place
All India railway championship, Varanasi,2003 - bronze medal
All India railway championship, Lucknow ,2004 – gold medal
All India railway championship, Gorakpur,2005 – silver medal
All India railway championship, Chennai,2007 – gold medal- captain
All India railway championship, Guwathi,2008 – bronze medal
All India railway championship, Jabalpur,2009 – gold medal
All India railway championship, Secandrabad,2010 - gold medal
All India railway championship, Kapurthala,2011 - silver medal
All India railway championship, Guwahati,2012 - gold medal
All India railway championship, Kapurthala,2013 - gold medal
Represented Tamilnadu for south zone basketball championship, Visakhapatnam,2010 – Gold medal - Captain
Represented Tamilnadu for south zone basketball championship, Hospet,2008 – Gold medal - Captain
Represented Tamilnadu for south zone basketball championship, Yanam,2003 – Gold medal
Represented Tamilnadu for 1 st southern states games, Bangalore, 1999- Gold medal
Represented Tamilnadu for junior nationals, Ludhiyana, 2003.
Represented Tamilnadu for junior nationals, Goa, 2002.
Represented Tamilnadu for junior nationals, Bhilai,2001.
Represented Tamilnadu for junior nationals, Himachal Pradesh,2000 - Bronze medal
Represented Tamilnadu for junior nationals, Pondicherry, 1999 - Gold medal
Represented Tamilnadu for youth nationals, Madhya Pradesh,2001 – Gold medal -captain
Represented Tamilnadu for youth nationals, Maharashtra,2000 – Gold medal - captain
Represented Tamilnadu for youth nationals, Chittorgarh,1999 – silver medal
Represented Tamilnadu for sub-junior national, Pondicherry,1998.
