P V Sindhu Wiki, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Family, Career, Cast, Medals, Records, Net Worth, Salary, Husband, State, Ranking, Couch, Marriage & More
P V Sindhu is an Indian Professional Badminton player, her full name is Pusarla Venkata Sindhu. In her career, Pusarla has won medals at multiple tournaments in which include the Olympics and the BWF Circuit including a gold medal at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first Indian female badminton player to become the Badminton World Champion and earn an Olympic silver medal. Her highest career world ranking of no. 2 comes in April 2017.
Bio
Real Name | Pusarla Venkata Sindhu |
Nickname | Sindhu |
Profession | Indian Badminton Player |
Date of Birth | 5 July 1995 |
Age (as in 2021) | 25 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Birth Place | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Family | Father: P V Ramana Mother: P Vijaya Sister: Divyaram Pusarla |
Nationality | Indian |
Religion | Hinduism |
Cast | Not Known |
Home Town | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Birth & Early Life
P V Sindhu was born in Hyderabad to the family of P V Ramana and P Vijaya. Both her parents have been already national-level volleyball players and her father Ramana, who was a member of the Indian volleyball team that won the bronze medal in the year 1986, in the Seoul Asian Games and he received the Arjuna Award in the year 2000, for his contribution to the sports of volleyball. Their parents played professional volleyball and Pusarla chose badminton because she was inspired by the success of Pullela Gopichand in 2001, the All England Open Badminton Champion.
Education & More
School | Auxilium High School, Secunderabad |
College | St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad |
Qualification | MBA |
Awards | Arjuna Award for Badminton(2013), Bronze Medal at World Championship(2013 & 2014), Silver Medal at Rio Olympics(2016), Padma Shri Award(2015), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award(2016) |
Career
Pusarla entered the international tournament at the young age of 14 and won a bronze medal in the year 2009. She won the silver medal in the singles category in the Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge in the year 2010. After the defeat, P.C. Thulasi in the month of June and the year of 2011 she won Maldives International Challenge and also won Indonesia International Challenge in the next month.
This was first evident at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships when he won a bronze medal in the same tournament a year earlier and then a gold medal the next year.
After two bronze and two silver medals between 2013 and 2018, she finally grabbed the gold medal in 2019 by defeating Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-7, 21-7.
Pusarla was the captain of the Indian Badminton League team Awadhe Warriors in the year 2013, her team qualified for the semi-final where they beat Mumbai Marathas but lost in the final of Hyderabad Hotshots. In her first Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2014, PV Sindhu won bronze in women’s singles. Four years later, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, she won silver in singles and gold in mixed team badminton events. She Awarded by the government of India with Arjuna Award.
She is along with badminton player Saina Nehwal and boxer Mary Kom, she is one of India’s shining stars in the sports world. He is currently ranked seventh in the world in rankings. Shuttler PV Sindhu remains one of India’s biggest hopefuls in badminton as the nation prepares for Tokyo 2020.
In Tokyo Olympics 2020 she reached the semi-final game. She lost the semi-final game to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying. Sindhu will now take on He Bing Xiao of China for the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 badminton event.
International Debut | 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships in Colombo |
Olympic Medals | Silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics |
Other Medals | Won a silver medal at 2018 Asian Games in Women’s singles |
Best Record | World highest ranking of no. 2 in April 2017 and current ranking is 7 |
Coach/Mentor | Pullela Gopichand |
Personal Life & More
She has been employed with Bharat Petroleum since July 2013, as an assistant sports manager in their Hyderabad branch. Due to her silver medal recently win at the Rio Olympics so, she was promoted to deputy sports manager. She was also appointed as the first brand ambassador of Bridgestone India and also appointed as the Deputy Collector (Group-I) by the Andhra Pradesh government.
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Husband name | Not Available |
Boyfriend | Not Available |
Net worth | $10 million |
Salary | 5.5 million dollars |
Physical Status & More
Height (approx.) | 5-10”(In Feet) |
Weight (approx.) | 65kg |
Hair Colour | Black |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hobbies | watching movies |
Some Important Facts About P V Sindhu
- P V Sindhu loves watching movies and doing yoga in her free time.
- Right-handed professional badminton player.
- In 2014, she was mentioned as the Indian of the Year by NDTV.
- Her favourite pet animal is a dog.
- Sindhu was appointed as the Deputy Collector by the Andhra Pradesh government after she won a silver medal at the year 2016, Rio Olympics.
- P V Sindhu has been invited by Shree Amitabh Bachchan in KBC.
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