Biography of PV Sindhu
PV Sindhu (Pusarla Venkata Sindhu) is a 21st century sports icon and a shining light for women sportsmen in India. The traveler has risen to the top of the world in the last ten years, winning many titles around the world.
After becoming the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics and a gold medal at the BWF World Championships, PV Sindhu added another piece of silver to her glittering wardrobe by winning her second Olympic medal – a bronze medal in Tokyo 2020 , becoming the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals.
Birth and Early Life of PV Sindhu
PV Sindhu (Pusarla Venkata Sindhu) was born in a Telugu family in July 1995. PV Ramana and P. Vijaya, his parents, are volleyball players. PV Ramana, PV Sindhu’s father, received the Arjuna Award for his contribution to sports. PV Sindhu was motivated by six years to pursue a career in sports.
PV Sindhu completed her primary education at Auxilium Secondary School in Secunderabad, Hyderabad and attended St. Ann’s College for Women in Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad where she completed her MBA. PV Sindhu’s parents played basketball for India at the national level but preferred badminton to volleyball.
However, he chose badminton after being inspired by Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 England badminton champion.
PV Sindhu: career in badminton
Sindhu at the age of eight started playing badminton. Under the guidance of Mehboob Ali, he started learning the basics of badminton at the badminton court of the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad.
She walks 56 kilometers every day from his home to the badminton court to learn and play the game.
PV Sindhu joined Gopichand Badminton Academy and won many titles in the decade format. In the Ambuja Cement All India level, he won fifth place in the Servo All India level with two and one positions.
In the Under 13 category, Sindhu won titles in Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles in Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, IOC All India Ranking, Sub-Junior Nationals and All India Ranking in Pune. In the under 14 team, he won the gold medal in the 51st state national games in India.
At 14, PV Sindhu entered the international circuit. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 Sub-Junior Badminton Championships in Colombo. Sindhu won the silver medal in the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge.
She reached the quarterfinals of the BWF World Junior Championship in 2010 in Mexico but lost to the Chinese.
In 2011, Sindhu won the Maldives International Challenge in June and the Indonesia International Challenge in July. At the Dutch Open, he qualified for the finals but lost the match.
At the Swiss International, Sindhu defeated Carola Bott in the final. He won the Indian International Badminton Championship in 2011.
Sindhu is also showing good performances at the Tokyo tournament this year in 2021 and reached the quarterfinals in women’s badminton.
Major achievements
One of the unique features of Sindhu’s career is the improvisation she brings to every event.
This principle has been followed in all activities so far. In 2012, he won the Asian Junior Championship after coming in third place last year.
However, PV Sindhu’s biggest achievement so far seems to be her second place finish at the Rio 2016 Olympics. On her way to the final, she defeated Tai Tzu Ying, Wang Yihan, Nozomi Okuhara. However, in the gold medal match, she lost to Carolina Marin of Spain. After running in the Olympics, he became the youngest Indian and the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic medal.
Similarly, in the world championship, he also showed the same behavior. From 2013 to 2018, he won 2 silver medals and 2 silver medals.
At the 2017 World Championships in Scotland, Sindhu’s final against Okuhara lasted 110 minutes. She went on to become the second longest singles match in badminton history.
However, in 2019, she finally won her first World Championship gold medal by beating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7. He is the first Indian to become the badminton world champion.
Similarly, in the Commonwealth Games, he won bronze in 2014. Four years later in 2018, he won silver in the singles and gold in the mixed category.
In 2016, Sindhu made her Super Series final appearance. In her first appearance at the tournament, Sindhu qualified for the semi-finals.
However, in 2017, she defeated Carolina Marin in straight sets. Later, he became the first Indian to win the Korea Open by defeating Okuhara by 22-20, 11-21 and 21-18.
In April 2017, Sindhu achieved her career-best ranking in the world, rising to number 2.
Some of the honors he has received till date are as follows. January 2020: Padma Bhushan Award, the third highest civilian honor in India
March 2015: Padma Shri Award, the fourth highest honor in India
August 2016: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India’s highest sports honour
September 2013: Arjuna Award for badminton
Enter the top 20 list of the BWF World Ranking in 2012
After winning the 2012 Asian Under-19 Championships, Sindhu beat Chinese journeyman Li Xuerui (who had won gold in the 2012 London Championships) to enter the semi-finals of the Li Ning China Open. However,
She was beaten in the final by another Chinese player and also missed the 2012 World Junior Championship due to a knee injury. Sindhu missed her sister’s wedding in Hyderabad to participate in the Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold 2012 event in Lucknow. She did not drop a set going into the final and finished second, taking his world ranking to 19.
