2. About P.V.Sindhu
Full name โ Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
Date of Birth โ 5 July 1995
Sport โ Badminton
Parents - Volleyball Players
Enter in sports โ At the age of 6
Famously known - For silver medal won in the 2016 Summer
Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
At the age of 10 - Won many national and international
competitions.
3. Abouthercareer2009-11
๏ถ Sindhu entered the international circuit at a young age of 14.
๏ถ She is a bronze medalist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian
Badminton Championships held in Colombo.
๏ถ She won the silver medal in the singles category at the 2010
Iran Fajr International Badminton.
๏ถ She reached in the quarterfinals of the 2010 BWF World
Junior Championships held in Mexico.
4. AboutherCareer2012
๏ถ At 16-year-old Sindhu went on to compete at the all England
Open Championships.
๏ถ She won Asian Junior Championships beating Japanese
Player Nozomi Okuhara.
๏ถ In the Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament she
stunned London 2012 Olympics gold medalist Li Xuerui,
beating her and entered the semi-finals.
5. Abouthercareer2013-15
๏ถ She won Malaysian title. This was her first Grand Prix Gold
title.
๏ถ Sindhu reached the final of 2014 India Open Grand Prix
Gold but lost to her senior compatriot Saina Nehwal.
๏ถ At the 2015 World Championships, she reached in the
quarterfinals.
6. Abouthercareer2016-17
๏ถSindhu won the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold women's
singles title.
๏ถSindhu won Syed Modi International final.
๏ถIn the India Open Super Series, she won the title by
defeating Carolina Marin in straight games.
๏ถShe won silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de
Janeiro in Brazil.
๏ถIn April 2017, she achieved a career-high world ranking of
number 2.
7. Abouthercareer2018-19
๏ถ Sindhu joined Hyderabad Hunters in the PBL.
๏ถ She reached in the final of the Indian National Badminton
Championship where she lost to three-time champion Saina
Nehwal.
๏ถ She had ended her deal with Yonex and signed a mega-deal
with Li-Ning for 4 years.
๏ถ She reached in the final of Indonesia Open, where she lost
to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.
8. Abouthercareer2020-21
๏ถSindhu reached her first final at the Swiss open.
๏ถShe was elected as one of the two ambassadors from
badminton in the International Olympic Committee's
campaign โBelieve in Sportโ aimed at preventing competition
manipulation in the sport.
๏ถSindhu bounced back from a semifinal defeat to cruise past
Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 in straight games and won the bronze
medal in the Tokyo Olympic 2020.
