P. V. Sindhu age

She was born on 5 July, 1995. P. V. Sindhu is currently 24 years old.

P. V. Sindhu biography

P.V.Sindhu lives in Hyderabad. Though her parents played professional volleyball, Sindhu choose badminton over it because she drew inspiration from the success of Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion.

Soon she eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight.

Sindhu first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad.

Soon after, she joined Pullela Gopichand’s Gopichand Badminton Academy.

After joining Gopichand’s badminton academy, Sindhu won several titles.

In the under-10 years category, she won the 5th Servo All India ranking championship in the doubles category and the singles title at the Ambuja Cement All India ranking.

In the under-13 years category, Sindhu 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 School Games in India.

P. V. Sindhu Caste

PV Sindhu father and mother belongs to different caste, one is kamma( chowdhary) and other is kapu, but Sindhu opted herself as Kapu.

P. V. sindhu full name

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is her full name.

P. V. sindhu images

p. v. sindhu award

She received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for badminton in 2013. Soon PV Sindhu received Arjuna Award for badminton in 2013. Later she received Padma Shri Award, the fourth highest civilian honor in 2016.

p. v. sindhu family

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born in Hyderabad to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya. 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 1986 Seoul Asian Games, received the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to the sports.

She has an elder sister, P. V. Divya, who was a national-level handball player. However, she was not interested in pursuing professional sports and became a doctor.

p v sindhu achievements

She became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal, and one of the two Indian badminton players to ever win an Olympic medal – the other being Saina Nehwal. Soon Sindhu won silver in Women’s singles at Commonwealth Games 2018 .

She was also a silver medalist at the 2017 BWF World Championships and 2018 BWF World Championships consecutively. She was also a silver medalist in Asian Games 2018, which were held in Indonesia.

p. v. sindhu coach

She joined Pullela Gopichand’s Gopichand Badminton Academy. After joining Gopichand’s badminton academy, Sindhu won several titles.

p. v. sindhu education

She managed to attend regular until class 9 after which all her classes were through correspondence. She holds a bachelors degree in commerce from St. Ann’s College for Women, Secunderabad. Presently, She is pursuing an MBA.

p. v. sindhu debut

Sindhu debut in Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo in 2009 and won a bronze medal.

p v sindhu olympics

Her silver medal win in the women’s singles event of the 2016 Summer Olympics made her the first Indian shuttler to reach the final of an Olympics badminton event and the youngest Indian to make a podium finish in an individual event at the Olympics.

p v sindhu quotes

The greatest asset is a strong mind. If I know someone is training harder than I am I have no excuses.

I never thought I will ever play in an Olympic final. I am happy with the silver I got.