- P. V. Sindhu
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P. V. Sindhu Personal information Birth name P. V. Sindhu Born July 5, 1995 Height 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) Country 
IndiaHandedness Right Coach Pullela Gopichand Women's singles Highest Ranking 144 (9 October 2010) Current Ranking 154 (15 October 2010) BWF Profile P. V. Sindhu or Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is a badminton player from India. She trains at the Hyderabad's Gopichand Badminton Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation that identifies and supports Indian athletes.
Career
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya – both former volleyball players. Ramana also won the Government of India-instituted 2000 Arjuna Award for his sport.[1] Though her parents played professional volleyball, Sindhu chose badminton over it because she drew inspiration from the success of Pullela Gopichand, the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion.[2] She eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight.[1]
Sindhu first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad. Soon after she joined Pullela Gopichand's badminton academy.[2] While profiling Sindhu's career, a correspondent with The Hindu wrote:
The fact that she reports on time at the coaching camps daily, travelling a distance of 56 km from her residence, is perhaps a reflection of her willingness to complete her desire to be a good badminton player with the required hard work and commitment.[2]
Gopichand seconded this correspondent's opinion when he said that "the most striking feature in Sindhu's game is her attitude and the never-say-die spirit."[3] After joining Gopichand's badminton academy, Sindhu won several titles. In the under-10 years category, she won the 5th Servo All India ranking championship in the doubles category and the singles title at the Ambuja Cement All India ranking. In the under-13 years category, Sindhu won the singles title at the Sub-juniors in Pondicherry, doubles titles at the Krishna Khaitan All India Tournament, IOC All India Ranking, the Sub-Junior Nationals and the All India Ranking in Pune. She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National School Games in India.[1]
In the international circuit, Sindhu was a bronze medallist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo.[4] At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category.[5] Sindhu reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships that was held in Mexico.[6] She was a team member in India's national team at the 2010 Uber Cup.[7]
External links
- P. V. Sindhu at Olympic Gold Quest
- P. V. Sindhu at Gopichand Badminton Academy
References
- ^ a b c "Boys and girls with golden dreams". Deccan Chronicle. 30 December 2009. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/node/98758/print. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ a b c V. V., Subrahmanyam (10 April 2008). "Aiming for the stars". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/04/10/stories/2008041050140300.htm. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ V. V., Subrahmanyam (3 October 2010). "Shuttler Sindhu is the star to watch out for". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article809945.ece. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ N, Jagannath Das (3 September 2009). "Sindhu, a smash hit at 14". The New Indian Express. http://expressbuzz.com/Cities/Hyderabad/sindhu%20a%20smash%20hit%20at%2014/99921.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "SAI badminton coach returns with glory". The Tribune. 13 February 2010. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100213/cth2.htm. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "India won two bronze in Junior World Badminton c'ships". Zee News. 29 April 2010. http://www.zeenews.com/news622914.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Sindhu, emerging star on badminton horizon". Deccan Chronicle. 27 July 2010. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/sindhu-emerging-star-badminton-horizon-957. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
Categories:- Indian badminton players
- Sportspeople from Andhra Pradesh
- 1995 births
- People from Hyderabad, India
- Living people
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