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PV Sindhu was born on July 5, 1995 in Hyderabad, Telangana to PV Ramana and Fr. Vijaya. While Ramana, an Indian Railways employee, is originally from Nirmal, Telangana, while Vijaya is from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Ramana Sindhu, father of PV Sindhu, received the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his achievements in volleyball. He played volleyball for the Indian team that won a bronze medal at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul.

Vijaya, Sindhu’s mother, is also a former professional volleyball player. Sindhu started playing badminton at the age of eight and acquired the basics from Mehboob Ali during training sessions on the badminton courts of the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad. PV Sindhu later enrolled at Pullela Gopichand’s prestigious Gopichand Badminton Academy to develop her skills.

PV Sindhu won numerous competitions after joining Gopichand Badminton Academy. She won the singles title at the Ambuja Cement All India Ranking Competition and the doubles championship in the under 10 age group at the 6th Servo All India Ranking Competition. Sindhu won the singles championship at the Sub-Juniors in Pondicherry, the doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, the IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune as she rose to the sub-ranking. 13 department. She also helped the U14 team win the gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India.

PV Sindhu began her international badminton career in 2009 when she was just 14 years old. She reached the quarterfinals at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in Mexico, eventually losing in a three-set match to China’s Suo Di defeated, as well as in the Indonesia International Challenge the following month. Sindhu also earned top honors at the Commonwealth Youth Games by defeating Malaysia’s Soniia Cheah Su Ya in back-to-back matches.

In July 2012, Sindhu won the Asian Junior Championship title by defeating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara, becoming the first Indian to receive this award. She continued to impress at the Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament by defeating 2012 Olympic champion Li Xuerui to advance to the semifinals. In 2013 she followed in the footsteps of Prakash Padukone and secured an individual medal at the World Championships. She later took bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games after defeating Tee Jing Yi of Malaysia.

At the 2014 BWF World Championships, Sindhu lost to eventual winner Carolina Marin in the semifinals but still won a bronze medal. Her performance at the Rio 2016 Olympics saw her reach the women’s singles final and paved the way for an Indian medal in that category. Despite losing to Carolina Marin, Sindhu became India’s youngest-ever Olympic individual medalist and the first Indian woman to take home an Olympic silver.

Sindhu’s outstanding performance continued at the 2019 World Championships, where she took gold after defeating Tai Tzu-ying in the quarterfinals and Nozomi Okuhara in the final. During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Sindhu faced Taiwan’s Tai, ultimately losing but securing a spot in the bronze medal match. She defeated China’s He Bingjiao to win her second consecutive Olympic medal in women’s singles badminton. Eventually, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Sindhu took gold in women’s singles, triumphing over Canada’s Michelle Li and becoming only the second women’s singles player to win a full set of medals at the Commonwealth Games.

On September 24, 2013, Sindhu was presented with the Arjuna Award for her achievements in badminton. In 2015 she received the Padma Shri Award, India’s fourth highest civilian award. Her achievements were further recognized when she was presented with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India’s most prestigious sporting award, on August 29, 2016. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) honored Sindhu by naming her Sportswoman of the Year in 2019. In 2021 she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s third highest civilian honor, in recognition of her continued success in sport.