Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian badminton player. She is the only Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. In March 2015, Sindhu was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour, for her contribution to sports. In 2018, she was ranked seventh on Forbes’ list of “Highest-Paid Female Athletes” and first in Forbes India’s inaugural list of 22 Young Achievers.
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Wiki/Biography
PV Sindhu was born on 5 July 1995 (age 27 years; as in 2022) in Hyderabad. His zodiac sign is Cancer.
PV Sindhu’s childhood picture
He attended Auxilium High School. She was good at studies in her childhood and wanted to become a doctor. Sindhu started playing badminton at the age of just 8 and a half years. Initially, she played it for fun but soon realized that she wanted to make a career out of it. She enrolled at the Indian Railway Institute in Secunderabad to learn the basics of the game from Mehboob Ali and later joined Pullela Gopichand’s Badminton Academy to hone her skills. Sindhu has been coached by Pullela Gopichand till date (in 2019). It is noteworthy that he is also the chief coach of the Indian badminton team. After this, she joined St. Ann’s College for Women to pursue her MBA.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 10 1⁄2″
Weight (Approx): 65 Kgs
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Picture Measurements (Approx): 34-26-36
Family, Caste and Lovers
PV Sindhu is the daughter of PV Ramanna and P. Vijaya. Both of his parents are former volleyball players. His father PV Ramanna was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution towards sports. He has an elder sister, Divyaram Pusarla, who was a national level handball player and later became a doctor.
PV Sindhu with her father PV Ramanna
PV Sindhu with her mother P. Vijaya
PV Sindhu with her sister
PV Sindhu with her family
livelihood
Sindhu made her international debut as a badminton player at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships in Colombo and won a bronze medal. Subsequently, she played at the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, where she won the silver medal in the singles category. In 2011, she won a gold medal in the singles event at the Douglas Commonwealth Youth Games. This was a turning point in his life. However, her best performance came in 2012, when she defeated 2012 London Olympics gold medalist Li Xuerui of China at the Li Ning China Masters Super Series competition. In 2013, Sindhu became the first Indian women’s singles player to win a medal at the Badminton World Championships. Subsequently, she defeated Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals of the 2016 Summer Olympics and advanced to the final. With this she became the first Indian shuttler to reach the final of the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also became the youngest Indian to achieve a podium finish in an individual event at the Olympics. However, Sidhu was defeated by Carolina Marin in the 83-minute final match, leaving her with a silver medal at the Summer Olympics. In 2018, she captured the World Tour title by defeating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the 2018 World Tour Finals.
On 1 August 2021, she became the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals when she defeated China’s He Bing Xiao 21-13, 21-15 to win a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In July 2022, he won the Singapore Open title; She defeated Zi Yi Wang of China.
It was like a rollercoaster of emotions, but managed to overcome it and win the championship! Thank you for all your support, it means a lot to me.#SingaporeOpen2022 (1/2) pic.twitter.com/mc14nQhaTM
– PVsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) 18 July 2022
Achievements/Honors
- Bronze Medal in Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo (2009)
- Silver in women’s singles at Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge (2010)
- Won Asia Youth Under-19 Championship (2012)
- First Grand Prix Gold title for her performance at the Malaysian Open 2013
PV Sindhu wins Maiden Grand Prix Gold title for her performance at Malaysian Open 2013
- Arjuna Award for Badminton (2013)
- Bronze medal at the World Championship (2013 and 2014)
- Gold Medal at Guwahati South Asian Games (2016)
- Silver medal in Rio Olympics (2016)
PV Sindhu won silver medal in Rio Olympics
- Silver medal in women’s singles at the Asian Games (2018)
- Ranked #1 in Forbes India’s first list of 22 Young Achievers (2018)
- Became the first Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals (2018)
- Padma Shri Award (2015)
PV Sindhu receiving Padmashree Award
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (2016)
PV Sindhu receiving the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
- In August 2019, she became the first Indian to win a Badminton World Championships gold by defeating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a one-sided final held in Basel, Switzerland.
- Bronze medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
PV Sindhu after winning bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- On 8 November 2021, he received the Padma Bhushan Award (2020) at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This award was given to him by President Ram Nath Kovind.
President Kovind awarded Padma Bhushan. PV Sindhu for sports. A leading Indian badminton player, she is the first Indian to become badminton world champion. She has also won silver medal in Rio Olympics. pic.twitter.com/32v07Hfd6H
– President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) 8 November 2021
- She won gold in women’s singles and silver in mixed team at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
PV Sindhu wins bronze medal in women’s singles at 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
Favorite
- Food: Biryani, Ice Cream, Pasta, Pizza
PV Sindhu eating food
- Athletes: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Usain Bolt
fact
- PV Sindhu likes to watch movies and do yoga in her free time.
PV Sindhu doing yoga
- She considers Sachin Tendulkar as her idol. However, his inspiration is his coach Pullela Gopichand.
Sindhu with Sachin Tendulkar and Pullela Gopichand
- Sindhu is a very hardworking athlete. She follows a strict training schedule, wherein she starts badminton practice every morning at exactly 4:15 am.
- In 2014, he was listed as the Indian of the Year by NDTV.
- Sindhu was appointed as Deputy Collector by the Andhra Pradesh government after winning the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu handed over appointment letter to PV Sindhu.
- She is a right-handed badminton player.
- Sindhu has been featured on the covers of many magazines including GRAZIA, JFW and ELLE.
PV Sindhu on the cover of Elle magazine
- In her childhood, when Sindhu’s sister and her sister’s friends used to play badminton, she would ask them for a chance to play but they would always refuse and say – “No, you go, you are a small child!”
- After winning silver medal in badminton singles in Rio Olympics, Sindhu’s caste was searched a lot on Google.
- He is very fond of dogs.
PV Sindhu loves dogs very much
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