Unbelievable Story of Indian Badminton Sensation PV Sindhu

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu aka PV Sindhu is now the only buzz of India. This female athlete created a sensation in India by winning first ever silver medal in women's singles badminton at RioOlympics2016. She grabbed the eye balls of the cricket obsessed nation and now became the talk of the town. 

On top of that,India's biggest sporting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Abhinav Bindra and Vishwanathan Anand hailed PV Sindhu for her valiant performance in the Olympic final against world number one CarolinaMarin of Spain.

Being the youngest Indian individual to win an olympic medal,She is making Indians think that there are sports other than cricket which are underrated but when taken seriously could become a profession.

It's a sure thing that all the accolades and glory which she is receiving right now is not an overnight success. It involvesa lot of determination, courage and hardwork which brought her a long way. 

Let's have a look at the journey of the badminton sensation who made India super proud.

EARLY LIFE

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born in a Telugu family to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya – both former volleyball players. 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.She eventually started playing badminton from the age of eight. 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.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.

RIO OLYMPICS 2016

At the women's singles event, Sindhu was ninth seeded along Hungarian Laura Sárosi and Canadian Michelle Li in Group M.During the Group stage matches, she upset Laura Sárosi (2-0)and Michelle Li (2-1).Further she ousted Taipei's Tai Tzu-ying (2-0) in the Pre-Quarter finals to meet 2nd seeded and World No.2 Chinese Wang Yihan in the Quarter-finals, whom she defeated 2-0 games.

The win against Wang Yihan set the Semi final match with the Japanese Nozomi Okuhara, who went down 0-2, ensuring Sindhu a podium finish.This set stage for her final showdown with World No. 1 and Top seeded Spaniard Carolina Marin.The 83-minute match resulted in favour of the Spaniard against Indian, 2-1 games eventually Sindhu clinching Silver Medal.She charted history of achieving the feat as she is youngest and first women individual to bag Olympic Silver medal representing India.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

National

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, highest sporting honour of India. (2016)

Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India. (2015)

Arjuna Award (2013)

Others

• FICCI Breakthrough Sportsperson of the Year 2014 NDTV Indian of the Year 2014.
• 10 lakh from the Badminton Association of India, for her victory in the 2015 Macau Open Badminton Championships.
• 5 lakh from the Badminton Association of India, for her victory in the 2016 Malaysia Masters. 
• Rewards for winning the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
• 5 crore and a land grant from the Government of Telangana.
• 3 crore a Group A cadre job and 1000 yd2 land grant from the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
• 2 crore  from the Government of Delhi.
• 75 lakh  from her employer, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, with promotion from assistant to deputy sports manager.
• 50 lakh  from the Government of Haryana.
• 50 lakh  from the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
• 50 lakh  from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
• 50 lakh  from Badminton Association of India
• 50 lakh  from NRI businessman,Mukkattu Sebastian.
• 30 lakh  from the Indian Olympic Association.
• 5 lakh  from All India Football Federation.
• BMW car from the Hyderabad District Badminton Association.
• 1.01 lakh  from Salman Khan, for qualifying as an Olympic participant.

So folks,this inspiring journey of PV Sindhu aptly suits the saying "WORK HARD IN SILENCE LET YOUR SUCCESS MAKE THE NOISE."More power to you girl. Keep playing and shine on. You are the new idol of inspiration to the next generation.

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Behind every independent woman there is an open minded dad, who trusted her not the society. India can be the most powerful nation if the mind set of people change when a daughter is born to them. Daughters are way more better and talented than sons.