P. V. Sindhu is an ace shuttler and silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. This young badminton player from Andhra Pradesh was born to volleyball players P. V.
Ramana and P. Vijaya in the year 1995. Her father was honoured with the Arjuna Award for
having displayed excellence in his sport. She has an elder sister P. V. Divya who is a
national-level handball player.
P. V. Sindhu began playing badminton from the early age of eight. Pullela Gopichand
was her inspiration, and later, she joined his Indian International Badminton Academy in
Hyderabad. She used to travel more than 50 kilometres every day to get to her training
centre in Hyderabad. Despite this, she was never late for training; a reflection of her
willingness to fulfill her desire to be a good badminton player with the required hard work
and commitment.
She won her first bronze medal in 2009 and later many other medals, including the
gold and the silver. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2015 for winning a medal at the
World Championship. One of the youngest and most talented badminton players of
contemporary times, Sindhu has featured in the top 10 in world badminton rankings for the
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