PV Sindhu Facts

7 Facts About The Flawless Indian Shuttler

1. PV Sindhu was born on 5th July 1995, to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya. Both her parents are former professional Volleyball players and her Ramana was also conferred with the Arjuna Award for his achievements in Volleyball.

2. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu started playing badminton the age of 8.

3. The 22-year-old is extremely hard working and despite living 65 km away from her training center, PV Sindhu never skipped a single training session which usually started at 4 am daily.

4. PV Sindhu is a big fan of Pullela Gopichand, who is a former Indian badminton sensation and she drew inspiration from Gopichand’s success in All England Open Badminton Championship in 2001, where he won the tournament after defeating Chen Hong by 15-12, 15-6.

5. In just 6 years of her career, P.V Sindhu was ranked the No.10 in the world.

6. Awards won by PV Sindhu

● Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna which is the highest sporting honor of India 2016.

● Padma Shri which is the fourth highest civilian award of India, on 30 March 2015.

● Arjuna Award in 2013 when she was just 18-year-old.

7. PV Sindhu’s Major Achievements

● In August 2013, PV Sindhu became the first Indian women’s singles badminton player to win a medal at the World Championship. She repeated her performance by bagging the bronze medal in the next year, as well.

● In 2014, she reached the Commonwealth Games semi-finals in women’s single category.

● In 2015, PV Sindhu entered the final of a Super Series event called Denmark Open.

● In August 2016, PV Sindhu became the first Indian woman to enter an Olympic final after defeating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in Rio Olympics the semi-finals.

● In 2016, she claimed the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold women’s singles title.

● In August 2017, PV Sindhu became the first ever Indian female shuttler to enter the WBF final but lost to Nozomi Okuhara and had to settle for a silver.

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