Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (P V Sindhu) is an Indian badminton player. She has been a sporting icon of the 21st century because of her exceptional performance in the games she participates. The turning point of Sindhu’s career was her win against Li Xuerui in the 2012 china open series.
P V Sindhu was born in Hyderabad, India, on the fifth of July 1995. P V Sindhu age is 27 years. She belongs to the Hindu religion and is a jat. People from this cast are usually found in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and even Pakistan. P V Sindhu height is 1.79 meters, 5 feet, and 10.5 inches.
P V Sindhu’S FAMILY
Sindhu was born to PV Ramana and P Vijaya, both national-level volleyball players. Her father (Ramana) was employed in the Indian railways, and her mother was a housewife. Sindhu has one sibling named Divya Ram Pusarla. P V Sindhu husband is not mentioned as she is still unmarried and prefers to focus more on her career.
FEATURES
According to records, Sindhu’s weight is 65 kilograms, equaling 143.4 lbs. Sindhu’s hair color, as well as her eye color, is black. She is a right-handed badminton player and is not bespectacled. Bespectacled are people who wear glasses for long or short-sightedness or other reasons.
Other information related to her appearances, such as her shoe size, the number of piercings she has done, and the number of tattoos she has on her body, isn’t specified.
SOURCES OF EARNINGS
P V Sindhu mainly started earning through participating in badminton matches and tournaments. After being successful in the matches, she was then recognized by everyone by which brands hired her promotions.
A report published in March 2017 stated that Sindhu seconds in earnings to the Indian cricket team player Virat Kohli in brand endorsements. She charges brands around INR 10 million to INR 12.5 million; she mainly promotes Indian brands and earns in rupees. Another source of her earnings includes television appearances. Her annual earnings are INR 6 crores approximately.
Sindhu is one of the highest-paid badminton players in the world. She has also made it to the Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid female athletes. In 2018 with US $8.5 million, in 2019 with US $5.5 million, and in 2020 with the US $7.2 million. Her current net worth (2022) is $6 million.
P V Sindhu CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE
Sindhu did her early schooling at the Auxillium high school, Hyderabad, and after that, her higher studies at Saint Ann’s college for women.
During her studies, Sindhu used to play badminton. She got inspired by an Indian international level badminton player Pullela Gopichand, and since then her interest in badminton has developed. She started playing when she was eight. Although her parents were national-level volleyball players, she was more interested in badminton and could achieve what she wanted because of her parents’ support.
During her early life, she joined the badminton court of Indian railways and got trained by coach Mehboob Ali. After that, she joined Pullela Gopichands badminton academy. Sindhu won several medals while being trained at the Gopichands academy. She won several titles in the under 10, under13, and under 14 categories.
Soon Sindhu parted from the Gopichands academy and took training from a South Korean coach named Park-Tae-Sang. Currently, Sindhu has been trained by Kim-Ji-Hyun since 2019.
Sindhu’s first appearance at the international level was in 2009 at the sub-junior Asian badminton championship in Colombo.
P V Sindhu MEDALS AND CIVILIAN AWARDS
Sindhu has received several civilian awards from the Indian government. These awards include Padma Bhushan, the third highest ranked civilian award. She has also received Padma Shiri, the fourth highest ranked civilian award. She has earned many more civilian awards as well.
She has performed extraordinarily in her career and achieved hundreds of awards. Sindhu participated in the world badminton championship in the following years.
The first time she participated was in 2013 against Ratchanok Intanon, a Thai badminton player, where she achieved a bronze medal.
Then she participated in the world championship in 2014, where she played against Carolina Marin, a player from Spain. Here also she achieved a bronze level.
Sindhu once again participated in the world championship in 2017, played against Nozomi Okuhara, and won a silver medal.
As Sindhu was aiming for a gold medal, she participated in the championship till she did not achieve a gold medal. She again participated in the world championship in 2018, where she played against Carolina Marin and won a silver medal.
Finally, in 2019 she achieved a gold medal in the 2019 world championships. Where she played against Nozomi Okuhara a Japanese player, and achieved a gold medal. This match was held in Basel, Switzerland. After achieving the gold, Sindhu became the first Indian woman to become a World badminton champion.
She also represented India at the 2016 summer Olympics. At that time, Sindhu became the first Indian woman to reach the Olympics final. She lost the final to Spain’s Carolina Marin and achieved a silver medal.
She participated again in the 2020 Olympics and achieved a bronze medal. She lost to He Bingjiao. Since then, she has been the first Indian woman to achieve two Olympic medals in badminton.
Sindhu has achieved a silver medal in the Asian games and two bronze medals in Asian Championships. She has achieved bronze, silver, and gold in the commonwealth games. She has also achieved a silver medal in the South Asian Games and gold in the commonwealth youth games. She has achieved a bronze and a gold in the Asian junior championships.
PERSONAL LIFE AND CURRENT RESIDENCE
Sindhu has been employed with Bharat petroleum since July 2013 as an assistant sports manager in their Hyderabad office. She was also appointed as the first brand ambassador of Bridgestone India, whose primary business is the manufacturing of tires.
Sindhu currently lives in her birth city, Hyderabad, and travels to foreign countries for competitions when required.
CONCLUSION
P V Sindhu is a famous personality in India and foreign because of her exceptional records and dedication to the game. She currently lives in her birth city Hyderabad, India. Other information about P V Sindhu will be updated as soon as it is available.