71 Facts About Pusarla Sindhu

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born on 5 July 1995 and is an Indian badminton player.

Pusarla Sindhu is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual athlete from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.

Pusarla Sindhu broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Rankings in September 2012, at the age of 17.

Pusarla Sindhu has won a total of five medals at the BWF World Championships and is just the second woman after China's Zhang Ning ever to win five or more singles medals in the competition.

Pusarla Sindhu represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she became the first Indian badminton player to reach the Olympic final.

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Pusarla Sindhu won the silver medal after losing out to Spain's Carolina Marin.

Pusarla Sindhu made her second consecutive Olympic appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal, becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win two Olympic medals.

Pusarla Sindhu won her first superseries title at the 2016 China Open and followed it up with four more finals in 2017, winning the titles in South Korea and India.

Pusarla Sindhu is a recipient of the sports honours Arjuna Award and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, as well as India's fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, and third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.

Pusarla Sindhu's father, Ramana, who was a member of the Indian volleyball team that won the bronze medal in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, received the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to the sport.

Pusarla Sindhu was educated at Auxilium High School, Hyderabad and at St Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad.

Pusarla Sindhu eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight.

Pusarla Sindhu first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad.

Pusarla Sindhu won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India.

Pusarla Sindhu later parted company with Gopichand and went on to train with South Korean coach Park Tae-sang.

Pusarla Sindhu entered the international circuit at a young age of 14 in the year 2009.

Pusarla Sindhu was a bronze medalist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo.

Pusarla Sindhu reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships that was held in Mexico, where she lost to Chinese Suo Di in a 3-gamer.

Pusarla Sindhu won the Indonesia International Challenge the next month.

Pusarla Sindhu's successful run continued after she won the Swiss International beating Carola Bott of Germany in the final.

Pusarla Sindhu won the India International badminton event later in the year, defeating compatriot Sayali Gokhale.

Pusarla Sindhu reached the main draw but lost to Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying in 3 games.

Pusarla Sindhu then went on to participate in the 77th Senior National Badminton Championships held at Srinagar.

Pusarla Sindhu decided to skip the World Junior Championships so as to not aggravate the injury.

Pusarla Sindhu stunned China's Wang Shixian in the second round of the Asian Championships in 3 tough games to reach the quarterfinal, but lost to Eriko Hirose of Japan in yet another 3-game clash.

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Pusarla Sindhu participated in the 2013 World Championships, where she was seeded tenth in the draw.

Pusarla Sindhu was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in recognition of her achievements.

Pusarla Sindhu reached the final of the 2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold but lost to her senior compatriot Saina Nehwal.

Pusarla Sindhu claimed her first medal at the Asian Championships, a bronze, after beating Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the quarterfinal.

Pusarla Sindhu reached the semi-final stage of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's singles competition, which she lost narrowly to eventual gold medalist Michelle Li of Canada.

Pusarla Sindhu later won against Malaysian Tee Jing Yi to claim the bronze medal.

Pusarla Sindhu powered past Russian Olga Arkhangelskaya in her first round in two easy games.

At the 2015 World Championships, where she was seeded eleventh, Pusarla Sindhu defeated Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt of Denmark in the first round after being a game down.

Pusarla Sindhu then stunned third seeded Li Xuerui in the Round of 16 and reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships .

Pusarla Sindhu suffered a stress fracture in 2015 that kept her from playing for nearly six months, yet managed to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Pusarla Sindhu lost a close match at the Asian Championships to Tai Tzu-ying in the second round, in which she failed to capitalise on a match point and suffered defeat.

Pusarla Sindhu then ousted Taiwanese eighth seed Tai Tzu-ying in the Round of 16 to meet the second seeded Wang Yihan from China in the quarterfinals, whom she defeated in straight games.

Pusarla Sindhu later faced sixth seeded Japanese star Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals and won in straight games, ensuring a podium finish.

Pusarla Sindhu was the runner-up at the Hongkong Open after going down to Tai Tzu-ying in the final in straight games.

Pusarla Sindhu defeated Akane Yamaguchi, lost to Sun Yu and beat Carolina Marin in the group stage.

Pusarla Sindhu was named as the BWF Most Improved Player of the Year following her achievements in 2016.

Pusarla Sindhu won the Syed Modi International by beating Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia in the final.

Pusarla Sindhu thereafter eased past Sun Yu in the quarterfinal and another Chinese Chen Yufei in the semi-final, both in straight games.

Pusarla Sindhu set up a repeat clash of the previous year's final at the Hongkong Open, which she again lost to Tai Tzu-ying in straight games.

Pusarla Sindhu faltered in the final again, this time at her home event, the India Open, where she had a match point in the third game but was unable to convert it and lost the match narrowly to Beiwen Zhang.

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Pusarla Sindhu competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, winning a gold medal in the mixed team event and a silver medal in the singles event.

Pusarla Sindhu was seeded third in the 2018 BWF World Championships.

Pusarla Sindhu won her opening encounters against Fitriani and ninth seed Sung Ji-hyun, both in straight games.

Pusarla Sindhu then had to battle to get past Thai Nitchaon Jindapol in the quarterfinal in three games.

Pusarla Sindhu was bought by the defending champions Hyderabad Hunters in the 2018 PBL auctions and was named as their skipper.

Pusarla Sindhu opened her campaign with comfortable straight-game victories over Pai Yu-po and ninth seed Beiwen Zhang in successive rounds.

Pusarla Sindhu impressed everyone with her victory over second seed Tai Tzu-ying in the quarterfinals.

Pusarla Sindhu competed in the World Tour Finals in Guangzhou as the defending champion but failed to reach the knockout phase after losing to Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi in successive rounds.

Pusarla Sindhu was named the BBC Indian Sportswoman of Year on 8 March 2020.

Pusarla Sindhu won both of her group matches against Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova and Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi to progress towards the knockout stage.

Pusarla Sindhu defeated Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt comfortably in the Round of 16 and reached the quarterfinals.

Pusarla Sindhu later beat eighth seed He Bingjiao of China in the playoff to clinch the bronze medal, thereby becoming the first Indian woman and only the fourth player in women's singles badminton to claim two medals at two consecutive Olympic games.

Pusarla Sindhu eased past Slovakia's Martina Repiska in her opening encounter in straight games.

Pusarla Sindhu won the Syed Modi International for the second time beating compatriot Malvika Bansod in the final.

Pusarla Sindhu then won the title at the 2022 Swiss Open, defeating Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the final in two straight games.

At the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships, where she was seeded fourth, Pusarla Sindhu defeated fifth seed He Bingjiao of China in the quarterfinals, but lost a close and controversial semi-final to top seed Akane Yamaguchi, thus winning the bronze medal, her second medal at the tournament.

Pusarla Sindhu then won the Singapore Open title, beating Asian Champion Wang Zhiyi of China in the final.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Pusarla Sindhu won her maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women's singles, beating Michelle Li of Canada in the final.

Pusarla Sindhu was unbeaten in the mixed team event, where India won a silver medal.

Pusarla Sindhu has endorsement deals with JBL, Bridgestone Tyres, sports drink Gatorade, pain reliever ointment Moov, online fashion store Myntra, e-commerce portal Flipkart, phone maker Nokia and electronics major Panasonic.

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Pusarla Sindhu endorses Stayfree, health drink Boost, honey producer APIS Himalaya, herbal health drink firm Ojasvita and the Bank of Baroda.

Pusarla Sindhu is a brand ambassador for both the Central Reserve Police Force and Vizag Steel.

Pusarla Sindhu has been employed with Bharat Petroleum since July 2013, as an assistant sports manager with their Hyderabad office.

Pusarla Sindhu was appointed as the first brand ambassador of Bridgestone India.

Pusarla Sindhu was appointed as the Deputy Collector by the Andhra Pradesh government in July 2017, which she took charge later in August.

Pusarla Sindhu was the flag bearer for the Indian contingent in the opening ceremony of the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.