

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995), popularly known as PV Sindhu, is an Indian badminton player. Sindhu is considered one of India’s most accomplished athletes and has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and the BWF circuit, including gold at the 2019 World Championships. is the first and only Indian woman to become a badminton world champion. She is her second individual athlete from India, where she won two consecutive Olympic medals. She rose to her career-high world ranking of No. 2 in April 2017. Sindhu entered the top 20 of the BWF World Rankings in September 2012 at the age of 17.
She has won a total of five medals at her BWF World Championships, making her the second woman after China’s Zhang Ning to win more than five individual medals at the event. She represented India at her 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio), becoming the first Indian badminton player to reach the Olympic finals. She won her silver medal after losing to Spain’s Carolina Marin. She made her second consecutive Olympic appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) and won a bronze medal. This made her the first Indian woman to win her two Olympic medals.
