PV Sindhu has been leing bminton star of India for last five years. Having me her debut back in 2011, she has t looked back ever since. PV Sindhu bagged Gold medal on her debut at 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. Her crowning moment came when she me her way to a Silver medal at Rio 2016 Olympics. In doing so, she became India’s first bminton player to play in a bminton final at Olympics. Re furr to kw more about PV Sindhu’s initial years in bminton and her rise to fame.

PV Sindhu’s humble beginnings 

Pusarla Venkata Sidhu (PV Sindhu) was born to parents - PV Ramana and P Vijaya. Both her parents were national-level volleyball players. In fact, her far was also a Bronze medalist with national volleyball team in 1986 Seoul Asian Games. Sindhu’s elder sister was also a national-level handball player. Despite strong ties to volleyball, PV Sindhu opted to take up bminton at a very young .

PV Sindhu started with training in bminton under guidance of Mehboob Ali in Secunderab. After she was done with basic training, PV Sindhu joined highly-acclaimed Pullela Gopichand Gopichand Bminton Acemy. A report in Hindu stated that PV Sindhu h to travel a distance of 56 km from her residence to reach training camps. Sindhu put in a lot of hard work as a kid in order to train with Gopichand.

Under tutel of Pullela Gopichand, Sindhu won a host of titles as a budding bminton player. 24-year old won singles title at Sub-juniors in Pondicherry and All India Ranking tournament in Pune. She also bagged under-14 team gold medal at 51st National State Games in India. PV Sindhu has repeatedly credited her parents for all success she has achieved in recent years. Coincidentally, Sindhu was crowned world champion on occasion of her mor’s birthday and dedicated gold medal to her as well. 

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PV Sindhu's achievements

Following her bronze medal 2013 World Championships, PV Sindhu was bestowed with Arjuna award. Olympian was also awarded Pma Shri a year later, after impressing at Asian Championships and Commonwealth Games. However, her moment of glory came in 2016 at Rio Olympics where she bagged a silver medal. PV Sindhu was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award post that achievement.

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