Manisha Dange
Manisha Kaprekar Dange (born 8 December 1979)[1] is a former Indian basketball player and coach from Maharashtra. She played for the India women's national basketball team and the Central Railway and Indian Railways teams in the domestic tournaments as a shooting guard.[2][3]
Early life
Dange is from Thane, Mumbai. She is the daughter of Shubhangi Kaprekar (mother) and Shridhar Kaprekar. She married Satyajit Dange.[4]
Playing career
She started with the Maharashtra state team and played for them till 1999[5] and later joined the Central Railways, for whom she played for many years.[6][7] She played the FIBA Asia Championship for women in South Korea in 2007 and 2013.[1] In 2007, she also played in an invitational tournament in Malaysia. She made a comeback in 2013, after a 7–year hiatus, and won gold in the inaugural FIBA Asia 3×3 Basketball Championship at Doha.[8]
Coaching career
Currently, she is the assistant coach to the Senior India team, which played the 3rd South Asian Basketball Association Women's Championship 2025 at Delhi against Nepal and Maldives in February 2025.[9][10]
Records
She holds the record for the longest basketball shot in the individual female category. It is recorded by both the Indian Book of Records and the Limca Book of Records 2023.[11] The single–handed long basketball shot, from a distance of 23 meters, was achieved on 1 October 2021 at Thane, Mumbai.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Manisha Satyajit Dange (India) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age | FIBA Basketball". www.fiba.basketball. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Eurobasket. "Manisha Dange, Basketball Player, News, Stats - asia-basket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "TN women hoopsters in quarterfinals". The Times of India. 13 January 2016. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Longest Basketball shot (Throw) by single hand". World Records India. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "tribuneindia... Sports: Contrasting wins for Punjab, Railways". www.tribuneindia.com. 29 December 1999. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "14-yr-old dribbles her way to basketball glory". The Times of India. 15 October 2001. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport: TN, Railways favourites". www.tribuneindia.com. 25 January 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "Back to the life league". The Indian Express. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "India announce roster for upcoming Saba Women's Championship 2025 in New Delhi". Khel Now. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "FIBA LiveStats India vs. Maldives". geniussports.com. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ https://x.com/Central_Railway/status/1607424237975003136