P.V.

SINDHU
Pusarla Venkata
Sindhu
Born on 5 July 1995
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 Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian badminton

 She is considered one of India’s most successful

sports person.
 Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments
such as Olympics.
 EARLY AND !
LIFE TRAINING
PV Sindhu was born in Hyderabad, India to P.V. Ramana and P. Vijaya. Ramana.
Ramana, an employee of the Indian Railways, was born in Nirmal, Telangana while Vijaya hails from
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
 Both her parents have been national level volleyball players. Her father, Ramana, who was a member
of the Indian volleyball team that won the bronze medal in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, received the
Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to the sport.
Sindhu lives in Hyderabad, Telangana. She was educated at Auxilium High School, Hyderabad and at
St. Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad.
Though her parents played professional volleyball, she chose badminton over it because she drew
inspiration from the success of Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion
She eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight.
She first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of
the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad. Soon
after, she joined Pullela Gopichand's Gopichand Badminton Academy.
 She won the fifth Servo All India ranking championship in the doubles category. In the under-13 years
category, she won the singles title at the Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan
All India Tournament IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune.
 She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India.
 Sindhu entered the international circuit at a young age of 14 in the year 2009. She was a bronze medallist
at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo.
 At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category.
She reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships that was held in Mexico,
where she lost to Chinese Suo Di in a 3-gamer.
 In 2011, she won the Maldives International Challenge in June defeating compatriot P.C. Thulasi. She also
won the Indonesia International Challenge the next month. She was a finalist at the Dutch Open where she
lost to home player Yao Jie. She lost in the second round of 2011 BWF World Junior Championships to
Yuki Fukushima in a very close match. She won the India International badminton event later in the year,
defeating compatriot Sayali Gokhale.
 16-year-old Sindhu went on to compete at the All England Open Championships as a qualifier. She reached
the main draw but lost to Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying in 3 games.
 On 7 July 2012, she won the Asian Junior Championships beating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the final,
becoming India's first-ever Asian Junior Champion. In the Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament,
 Sindhu then went on to participate in the 77th Senior National Badminton
Championships. She was defeated in the finals by Sayali Gokhale. It was later
revealed that she had injured her knee in the China Open and had carried this
injury through the Japan Open and the nationals. She decided to skip the World
Junior Championships.
 Sindhu stunned China's Wang Shixian in the second round of the Asian
Championships in 3 tough games to reach the quarterfinal, but lost to Eriko Hirose
of Japan in yet another 3-game clash.
 Sindhu was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in recognition
of her achievements.
 In the 2013 Indian Badminton League, she was the captain of the team Awadhe
Warriors. Her team qualified for the semi-final, where they beat Mumbai
Marathas, but lost in the final to Hyderabad Hotshots.
 Sindhu reached the final of the 2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold but lost to her
senior compatriot Saina Nehwal. She claimed her first medal at the Asian
Championships, a bronze, after beating Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in
the quarterfinal.
She kept this win streak going till
today and keeps on winning India
many awards in world’s biggest
competitions.
India and Indians are very proud of
amazing talent and efforts to win
awards for India by PV Sindhu