P. V. Sindhu

P. V. Sindhu
Sindhu in 2016
Personal information
Birth name	Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
Country	India
Born	5 July 1995 (age 22) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India[1]
Residence	[2] Hyderabad,Telangana, India
Height	5'8 ft
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Years active	2009–present
Handedness	Right
Coach	Pullela Gopichand Mulyo Handoyo
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	2 (4 April 2017[3])
Current ranking	3 (07 December 2017[4])
Medal record[hide] Women's badminton Representing  India Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles World Championships 2017 Glasgow Women's Singles 2013 Guangzhou Women's Singles 2014 Copenhagen Women's Singles Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Team 2016 Kunshan Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Women's Singles Asia Championships 2014 Gimcheon Women's Singles South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women's Team 2016 Guwahati Women's Singles Asian Junior Championships 2012 Gimcheon Girls' Singles 2011 Lucknow Girls' Singles 2011 Lucknow Mixed Team Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas Girls' Singles

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian professional badminton player, who is currently world no 3^[5] in the BWF World Ranking. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal. She is one of the two Indian badminton players to ever win an Olympic medal – other being Saina Nehwal. She was also a silver medalist at the 2017 BWF World Championships and, in 2017, became first Indian ever to win Korea Open Super Series.

Sindhu came to international attention when she broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17.^[6] In 2013, she became the first ever Indian women's singles player to win a medal at the Badminton World Championships. In March 2015, she is the recipient of India's fourth highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri.^[7] Her silver medal win in the women's singles event of the 2016 

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