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 honored with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour, for her contribution to sports. In 2018, she ranked seventh on the Forbes list of “Highest Paid Female Athletes” and ranked first on Forbes India’s first list of 22 Young Achievers.
Wiki/Biography
PV Sindhu was born on 5 July 1995 (age 27 years; in 2022) in Hyderabad. His zodiac sign is Cancer.
PV Sindhu’s childhood photos
He attended Auxilium High School. He was good at studies in his childhood and wanted to become a doctor. Sindhu started playing Badminton when she was only 8 and a half years old. At first, he played for fun but soon he realized that he wanted to make a career out of it. He enrolled himself 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 improve his skills. Sindhu till now (as in 2019) is coached by Pullela Gopichand. Notably, he is also the head coach of the Indian Badminton team. After that, he enrolled himself in the College of St. Ann for Women to pursue MBA studies.
Physical appearance
Height: 5′ 10 1⁄2″
Weight (approx): 65 Kg
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Figure Measurements (approx): 34-26-36
Family, Caste & Boyfriend
PV Sindhu is the daughter of PV Ramana and P. Vijaya. Both his parents are former Volleyball players. His father, PV Ramana, was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to sports. He has an older sister, Divyaram Pusarla, who was a national level handball player and later became a doctor.
PV Sindhu with her father, PV Ramana
PV Sindhu with her mother, P. Vijaya
PV Sindhu with her sister
PV Sindhu with her family
Career
Sindhu made her international debut as a Badminton Player in 2009 in the Asian Sub-Junior Badminton Championships in Colombo and won the bronze medal. Next, he played at the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, where he won the silver medal in the singles category. In 2011, he won the Gold medal in the singles event at the Douglas Commonwealth Youth Games. It was a turning point in his life. However, his best performance came in 2012, when he 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 World Badminton Championships. After that, She defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals of the 2016 Summer Olympics and made her entry to the finals. With this, he became the first Indian to reach the finals of the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also became the youngest Indian to reach the podium in an individual event at the Olympics. However, Sidhu was defeated by Carolina Marin in the 83-minute final, winning the silver medal at the Summer Olympics. In 2018, she won the World Tour title after defeating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the 2018 World Tour final.
On 1 August 2021, she became the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals when she defeated China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 to win the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In July 2022, she won the Singapore Open title; he defeated China’s Zhi Yi Wang.
It was like an emotional rollercoaster, but made it through and won the championship! Thank you all for your support, it means a lot to me.#SingaporeOpen2022 (1/2) pic.twitter.com/mc14nQhaTM
— Pvsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) July 18, 2022
Achievements/Honors
- Bronze Medal at the Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo (2009)
- Silver in women’s singles at Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge (2010)
- Won the Asian Under-19 Youth Championship (2012)
- Maiden Grand Prix Gold Title for her performance at the 2013 Malaysian Open
PV Sindhu won the Grand Prix Maiden Gold title for her performance at the 2013 Malaysian Open
- Arjuna Award for Badminton (2013)
- Bronze Medal at the World Championships (2013 & 2014)
- Gold Medal at South Asian Games Guwahati (2016)
- Silver Medal at the Rio Olympics (2016)
PV Sindhu won the Silver Medal at the 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 a BWF World Tour Finals (2018)
- Padama Shri Award (2015)
PV Sindhu received the Padma Shri Award
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (2016)
PV Sindhu received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- In August 2019, she became the first Indian to win gold at the Badminton World Championships by defeating renowned rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the final held in Basel, Switzerland.
- Bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
PV Sindhu after winning Bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- On 8 November 2021, he received the Padma Bhushan award (2020) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The award was presented to him by President Ram Nath Kovind.
President Kovind Padma Bhushan to Kum. PV Sindhu for Sports. A leading Indian badminton player, he was the first Indian ever to become the badminton world champion. He has also won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics. pic.twitter.com/32v07Hfd6H
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) November 8, 2021
- She won gold in the women’s singles and silver in the Mixed team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
PV Sindhu won bronze in women’s singles at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Favourite
- Food: Biryani, Ice Cream, Pasta, Pizza
PV Sindhu has food
- Athletes: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Usain Bolt
Facts
- PV Sindhu likes to watch movies and do yoga in her spare time.
PV Sindhu does yoga
- He considers, Sachin Tendulkar, his role model. However, his inspiration was his coach, Pullela Gopichand.
Sindhu with Sachin Tendulkar and Pullela Gopichand
- Sindhu is a hard working athlete. He follows a strict training schedule where he starts practicing Badminton at 4:15 am every morning.
- In 2014, he was listed as India of the year by NDTV.
- Sindhu was appointed Deputy Collector by the Andhra Pradesh Government after she won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu handed over the appointment letter to PV Sindhu
- He is a right handed Badminton Player.
- Sindhu has appeared 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 played badminton, she used to ask them for a chance to play but they always refused and said- “no, you go, you are still young!”
- Sindhu’s caste was Googled a lot after she won the silver medal in Badminton singles at the Rio Olympics.
- He is very fond of dogs.
PV Sindhu loves dogs
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