Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player. P. V. Sindhu received international attention as she broke into the Top 20 in the Badminton World Federation rankings released on 21 September 2012.
P. V. Sindhu has won several accolades at a very young age. On August 10th 2013, at the age of 18, Sindhu was the first ever women’s singles player from India to have won a medal at the prestigious World Championships. Two years later, on March 30th 2015, at the tender age of 20 received the fourth highest civilian honor in India, the Padma Shri.
On August 18th 2016, she broke all records by becoming the youngest Indian female athlete to reach the finals of an Olympic event. She achieved this feat by defeating Japanese shuttler Nozomi Okuhara in the semi finals.
Personal information
- Full Name : Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
- Date of Birth : July 5, 1995
- Place Of Birth : Hyderabad
- Height : 1.79 m
- Coach : Pullela Gopichand
- Education : St. Ann’s College for Women
- Parents : P. V. Ramana, P. Vijaya
- Awards : Padma Shri, Arjuna Award for Badminton, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Sports
Facts About P.V. Sindu
- On 20th August, 2016 Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman badminton player to win Olympic silver.
- Sindhu traveled 27 kilometers every day to start her training. She wakes up at 4.15 am every day to train. She has been training for the last three years.
- Sindhu became the first Indian woman badminton singles player to win a medal at the world championship on 10th of august in 2013.
- She was named Indian of the Year in 2014.
- Sindhu won Arjuna award at the age of 18.
- Sindhu received Padma Shri Award, which is the fourth highest civilian honor on 30th March 2015.
- She is the first ever Indian to win back to back medals in Badminton.
- She is a big fan of Pullela Gopichand. Gopichand’s success in 2001 inspired her to enter badminton.
- Her coach states “The most striking feature in Sindhu’s game is her attitude and the never-say-die spirit.”
- Her parents played professional Volleyball. In fact her father Ramana was also conferred with Arjuna Award for his glorious achievements in Volleyball.
Achievements
- Bronze medal at the 2011 Lucknow Asian Junior Championships
- Bronze medal at the 2011 Lucknow Asian Junior Championships
- Gold medal at the 2012 Gimcheon Asian Junior Championships
- Gold medal at the 2011 Douglas Commonwealth Youth Games
- Bronze medal at the 2013 Guangzhou World Championships Women’s Singles
- Bronze medal at the 2014 Copenhagen World Championships Women’s Singles
- Team Bronze medal at the 2014 New Delhi Uber Cup
- Team Bronze medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games
- Bronze medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
- Bronze medal at the 2014 Gimcheon Asia Championships
- Team Bronze medal at the 2016 KunshanUber Cup
- Silver medal at the 2016 Guwahati South Asian Games
- Team Gold medal at the 2016 Guwahati South Asian Games
- Silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics
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