WHO IS PV SINDHU

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, known as PV Sindhu, is an Indian professional badminton player and the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal.

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Born on July 5, 1995, in Hyderabad, Sindhu is also one of the two Indian badminton players to ever win an Olympic medal, the other being Saina Nehwal.

The ace shuttler came to international attention when she broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17, and has featured in the top 10 of the world rankings, for most parts of her career.

Sindhu was born to P V Ramana and Vijaya in Hyderabad. Both her parents were national level, volleyball players.  Sindhu started playing badminton at the age of eight and then joined Gopichand Badminton Academy.

Sindhu’s first major recognition came in the form of the 5th Servo All India ranking championship in the under-10 category. In the under-13 category, she won the doubles titles at the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune. At the 51st National School Games in India, she won the gold medal in the under-14 category.

Sindhu's achievements

Sindhu made her international debut in 2009 at The Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships and announced her arrival in the badminton circuit with a bronze medal in her first international competition.

She finished as runner-up in the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge and reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships in Mexico. At the age of 17, she won the Asian Junior Championships.

She finished as runner-up in the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, and reached the quarterfinals of 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships in Mexico. At the age of 17, she won the Asian Junior Championships.

In 2013, she bagged her first Grand Prix win by defeating Singapore’s Gu Juan. At The World Championships in 2013, Sindhu won a bronze medal and repeated the feat the following year too.

In the same year, she was awarded the Arjuna Award, one of the highest honorus for any sportsperson in India.

She competed in Commonwealth Games in 2014, where she reached the semi-finals after losing to Michelle Li of Canada. She became the first Indian to win two back-to-back medals in the BWF World Badminton Championships after her bronze medal finish in 2014 BWF World Championships.

In October 2015 she reached the final of Denmark Open by defeating three seeded players, Tai Tzu-Ying, Wang Yihan, and Carolina Marin, but lost to defending champion Li Xuerui. In November, she won her third successive women's singles title at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold.Read More On..