She has won many awards and titles at national and international tournaments like the BWF Circuit and the World Championship. And it is why, today, PV Sindhu is considered one of the most successful sportsperson and a well-known sporting icon of the 21st century.
Birth, Early Life, and Education:
She was born on July 5, 1995, in Hyderabad, India, to Mr. PV Ramana and Mrs. P Vijaya. Sindhu has a sports background, as her father was a volleyball player who won a bronze medal in 1986 at the Seoul Asian Games and was also awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his tremendous contribution to sports.
She took her education from Auxi lium High School, Hyderabad, and St. Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad.
Badminton Career:
Apart from schooling, she also started playing badminton at the very young age of eight and decided to make her career in this sport, for which she started taking her sessions under the guidance of Mehboob Ali. She used to travel 56 km every day from her residence to the badminton court of the Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad. Later, Sindhu joined Gopichand Badminton Academy, after which she won many titles in the 10, 13, and 14-year-old categories.
She began her international journey at fourteen, winning the Junior Asian Championships title in 2009 before clinching bronze with an excellent performance at the 2013 badminton world championships.
Achievements:
Padma Bhushan – She was awarded the highest civilian award in January 2020.
Padma Shri- She was awarded the fourth-highest civilian award in March 2015.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna- She was awarded the highest sporting honor of India in August 2016.
Arjuna Award-She was awarded for outstanding performance in September 2013.
World Championship- She became the first Indian woman to win gold at BWF World Championship in 2019.
Rio Olympics- She is the first ever Indian woman player to win a silver at the Olympics in 2016.
BWF World Tour Final- She became the first Indian to win BWF World Tour Finals in 2018 by beating the 2017 world champion Nozomi Okuhara.
Denmark Open Series- In 2015, She won a silver medal at Denmark Open Series.
Asian Games- She won a bronze medal in the 2014 Asian Games and a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games.
Commonwealth Games- She won a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, She won two medals in the same tournament, one gold in mixed doubles and another silver in individual. Also, she won a gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Asian Championship- In 2014, she won a bronze medal in Asian Championship.
China Open-In 2016, She won her first super series finals by defeating the Chinese badminton player Sun Yu.
Thailand Open-In 2018, She won silver in Thailand Open Final at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok.
Endorsement:
As per reports, Virat Kohli tops the list of highly paid sportspersons regarding brand endorsements, and she comes after him. She has signed deals with top sports and clothing brands like Myntra, Nokia, Flipkart, Stayfree, Panasonic, Band of Baroda, the Central Reserve Police Force, JBL, etc. She charges these brands about $140,000–$180,000 daily.
In 2016 She signed a deal with Yonex for about three years and charged US$490,000 per year. And in 2019, she also signed a deal with one of the most popular Chinese sports brands, Li-Ning, for US$7.0 million for four years.
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