PV Sindhu: 7 Facts About The Flawless Indian Shuttler

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PV Sindhu 7 Facts About The Flawless Indian
Shuttler
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• PV Sindhu was born on 5th July 1995, to P. V.
  Ramana and P. Vijaya. Both her parents are former
  professional Volleyball players and her Ramana
  was also conferred with the Arjuna Award for his
  achievements in Volleyball.

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• Pusarla Venkata Sindhu started playing badminton
  the age of 8.

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• The 22-year-old is extremely hard working and
  despite living 65 km away from her training
  center, PV Sindhu never skipped a single training
  session which usually started at 4 am daily.

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• PV Sindhu is a big fan of Pullela Gopichand, who
  is a former Indian badminton sensation and she
  drew inspiration from Gopichands success in All
  England Open Badminton Championship in 2001,
  where he won the tournament after defeating Chen
  Hong by 15-12, 15-6.

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• In just 6 years of her career, P.V Sindhu was
  ranked the No.10 in the world.

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Awards won by PV Sindhu

• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna which is the highest
  sporting honor of India 2016.
• Padma Shri which is the fourth highest civilian
  award of India, on 30 March 2015.
• Arjuna Award in 2013 when she was just
  18-year-old.

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PV Sindhus Major Achievements
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• In August 2013, PV Sindhu became the first Indian
  womens singles badminton player to win a medal
  at the World Championship. She repeated her
  performance by bagging the bronze medal in the
  next year, as well.

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• In 2014, she reached the Commonwealth Games
  semi-finals in womens single category.
• In 2015, PV Sindhu entered the final of a Super
  Series event called Denmark Open.

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• In August 2016, PV Sindhu became the first Indian
  woman to enter an Olympic final after defeating
  Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in Rio Olympics the
  semi-finals.

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• In 2016, she claimed the Malaysia Masters Grand
  Prix Gold womens singles title.

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• In August 2017, PV Sindhu became the first ever
  Indian female shuttler to enter the WBF final but
  lost to Nozomi Okuhara and had to settle for a
  silver.

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