PV Sindhu - Wikipedia PV Sindhu P.V. Sindhu Sindhu in 2016 Birth name Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Country India ( 1995 - 07 - 05 ) 5 July 1995 ( age 22 ) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India Height 1.79 m ( 5 ft 10 in ) Weight 65 kg ( 143 lb ) Years active 2009 -- present Handedness Right Coach Pullela Gopichand Mulyo Handoyo Women 's Singles Highest ranking 2 ( 4 April 2017 ) Current ranking 2 ( 2 / 11 / 2017 ) Medal record Women 's badminton Representing India Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women 's singles World Championships 2017 Glasgow Women 's Singles 2013 Guangzhou Women 's Singles 2014 Copenhagen Women 's Singles Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Team 2016 Kunshan Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women 's team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Women 's Singles Asia Championships 2014 Gimcheon Women 's Singles South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women 's Team 2016 Guwahati Women 's Singles Asian Junior Championships 2012 Gimcheon Girls ' Singles 2011 Lucknow Girls ' Singles 2011 Lucknow Mixed Team Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas Girls ' Singles BWF profile Updated on 27 August 2017. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu ( born 5 July 1995 ) is an Indian professional badminton player, who is currently world no 2 in the BWF World Ranking. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal. She is one of the two Indian badminton players to ever win an Olympic medal -- other being Saina Nehwal. She was also a silver medalist at the 2017 BWF World Championships and, in 2017, became first Indian ever to win Korea Open Super Series. Sindhu came to international attention when she broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17. In 2013, she became the first ever Indian women 's singles player to win a medal at the Badminton World Championships. In March 2015, she is the recipient of India 's fourth highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri. Her silver medal win in the women 's singles event of the 2016 Summer Olympics made her the first Indian shuttler to reach the final of an Olympics badminton event and the youngest Indian to make a podium finish in an individual event at the Olympics. She is one among the top five shuttlers in women ' s singles category. Contents 1 Childhood and early training 2 Career 2.1 2012 2.2 2013 2.3 2014 2.4 2015 2.5 2016 2.5. 1 Rio Olympics 2016 2.6 2017 3 Honours 4 Achievements 4.1 Individual titles 4.2 Individual runners - up 5 Career overview 5.1 Singles performance timeline 5.2 Record against selected players 5.3 Summer Olympics 5.3. 1 2016 Summer Olympics 6 Personal life 7 Awards and recognition 7.1 National 7.2 Others 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Childhood and early training Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born to P.V. Ramana of Eluru, West Godavari district and P. Vijaya of Vijayawada, Krishna district. She lives in Hyderabad. In 2000, Ramana was awarded Arjuna Award for his sport. 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 Gopichand Badminton Academy. 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. 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. '' 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. Career In the international circuit, Sindhu was a bronze medallist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo. At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category. Sindhu reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships that was held in Mexico. She was a team member in India 's national team at the 2010 Uber Cup.. 2012 On 14 June 2012, Sindhu lost to Germany 's Juliane Schenk in Indonesia Open, 21 -- 14, 21 -- 14. On 7 July 2012, she won Asia Youth Under 19 Championship beating Japanese Player Nozomi Okuhara in final by 18 -- 21, 21 -- 17, 22 -- 20. In the 2012 Li Ning China Masters Super Series tournament she stunned London 2012 Olympics gold medallist Li Xuerui of China, beating her 21 -- 19, 9 -- 21, 21 -- 16 and entered the semifinals but lost to 4th seeded Jiang Yanjiao of China by 10 -- 21, 21 -- 14, 19 -- 21 in the semifinals. A lot was expected from Sindhu in the Japan Open after her exploits in the China Open, given China pulled many of its players out of the tournament citing security reasons. But she bowed out in the second round to Korean shuttler Bae Yeon Ju for 21 -- 10, 12 -- 21, 18 -- 21. Sindhu then went on to participate in the 77th Senior National Badminton Championships held at Srinagar. She was defeated in the finals by Sayali Gokhale for 15 -- 21, 21 -- 15, 15 -- 21. It was later revealed that Sindhu injured her knee in the China Open and she carried this injury through the Japan Open and the nationals. She decided to skip the World Junior Championships so as not to aggravate the injury. Sindhu finished runner - up in the Syed Modi India Grand Prix Gold event held in Lucknow in December 2012. She did n't lose a single set coming into the final, but was upset by the Indonesian Linda Weni Fanetri for 21 -- 15, 18 -- 21, 21 -- 18. She reached her career best ranking of 15. 2013 She won Malaysian open title 2013, beating her opponent from Singapore, Gu Juan, by 21 -- 17, 17 -- 21, 21 -- 19. This was Sindhu 's first Grand Prix Gold title. PV Sindhu on 8 August 2013 defeated the defending champion, second - seeded Wang Yihan of China, to enter the women 's quarterfinals at the BWF World Championships. The 18 - year - old, 10th - seeded Sindhu won 21 -- 18, 23 -- 21 in 54 minutes to set - up a meeting with another Chinese player, Wang Shixian. She beat Wang Shixian 21 -- 18, 21 -- 17 to become India 's first medalist in women 's singles at the World Championships. In the 2013 Indian Badminton League, Sindhu was the captain of the team Awadhe Warriors. Her team qualified for the semifinal, where they beat Mumbai Marathas, but lost in the final to Hyderabad HotShots. She won Macau Open Grand Prix Gold title by defeating Canada 's Michelle Li on December 1, 2013. The top - seeded 18 - year - old won the match 21 -- 15, 21 -- 12 in 37 minutes. She was awarded Arjun Award by Government of India. 2014 PV Sindhu reached the semifinal stage of 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women 's singles competition, which she lost to Michelle Li of Canada. PV Sindhu later created history by becoming the first Indian to win two back - to - back medals in the BWF World Badminton Championships after her bronze medal finish in 2014 BWF World Championships held in Denmark. Sindhu defeated Wang Shixian in three sets 19 -- 21, 21 -- 19, 21 -- 15, with the match lasting more than an hour. She had earlier defeated Bae Yeon - ju in the third round with 19 -- 21, 22 -- 20, and 25 -- 23. However, she lost to the eventual gold medalist, Carolina Marin, in straight sets and had to settle with bronze medal together with Minatsu Mitani. 2015 In October, playing at the Denmark Open, Sindhu reached to her maiden final of a Super Series event. On her route to the final, she defeated three seeded players, namely Tai Tzu - ying, Wang Yihan and Carolina Marin. In the final, she lost to the defending champion Li Xuerui in straight games by 19 -- 21, 12 -- 21. In November, defending champion P.V. Sindhu won her third successive women 's singles title at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan 's Minatsu Mitani in the final by 21 -- 9, 21 -- 23, 21 -- 14. 2016 In January, Sindhu won the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold women 's singles title after beating Scotland 's Kirsty Gilmour in the final. She had also won this tournament in 2013. In the 2016 Premier Badminton league, Sindhu was the captain of Chennai Smashers team. In the group league, she won all of the five matches to help her team qualify for the semifinal. However, in the semifinal. her team was beaten by Delhi Acers. Rio Olympics 2016 At the women 's singles event, Sindhu was drawn with Hungarian Laura Sárosi and Canadian Michelle Li in Group M. During the group stage matches, she beat Laura Sárosi ( 2 -- 0 ) and Michelle Li ( 2 -- 1 ). Further she ousted Chinese Taipei 's Tai Tzu - ying ( 2 -- 0 ) in the round of 16 to meet the second seed Wang Yihan in the quarterfinals, whom she defeated in straight sets. Sindhu later faced the Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in the semifinals, won in straight sets, and ensuring her a podium finish. This set the stage for her final showdown with top seed from Spain, Carolina Marín. Marin managed to beat Sindhu in three sets in the 83 - minute match. With that result, Sindhu clinched the silver medal. She charted history of achieving the feat as she is youngest and first women individual to bag an Olympic Silver medal representing India. This was the second instance of podium finish at the Olympics by any Indian badminton player. 2017 In the India Open superseries, Sindhu won the title by defeating Carolina Marin in straight games. In the BWF World Championships held from 21 to 27 August 2017 at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Sindhu had to settle for silver after losing to Japan 's Nozomi Okuhara in the finals with scores 19 - 21, 22 - 20, 20 - 22. Sindhu avenged her world championships loss to Okuhara by beating her in the final of the Victor Korea Open superseries, winning 22 - 20, 11 - 21, 21 - 18. In August, she took charges as Deputy Collector in Krishna District in the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration ( CCLA ) office under the Revenue Department of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Honours Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for badminton in 2016 Arjuna Award for badminton in 2013 Padma Shri Award, the fourth highest civilian honor in 2015 Achievements Individual titles S. No. Year Tournament Opponent in final Score Result 2011 Indonesia International Fransisca Ratnasari 21 -- 16, 21 -- 11 Won 2013 Malaysia Masters Gu Juan 21 -- 17, 17 -- 21, 21 -- 19 Won 2013 Macau Open Michelle Li 21 -- 15, 21 -- 12 Won 2014 Macau Open Kim Hyo - min 21 -- 12, 21 -- 17 Won 5 2015 Macau Open Minatsu Mitani 21 -- 9, 21 -- 23, 21 -- 14 Won 6 2016 Malaysia Masters Kirsty Gilmour 21 -- 15, 21 -- 9 Won 7 2016 China Open Sun Yu 21 -- 11, 17 -- 21, 21 -- 11 Won 8 2017 Syed Modi International Gregoria Mariska 21 -- 13, 21 -- 14 Won 9 2017 India Open Carolina Marin 21 -- 19, 21 -- 16 Won 10 2017 Korea Open Nozomi Okuhara 22 -- 20, 11 - 21, 21 -- 18 Won Super Series Premier Super Series Grand Prix Gold International Challenge Individual runners - up S. No. Year Tournament Opponent in final Score 2011 Dutch Open Yao Jie 16 -- 21, 17 -- 21 2012 Syed Modi International Lindaweni Fanetri 15 -- 21, 21 -- 18, 18 -- 21 2014 Syed Modi International Saina Nehwal 14 -- 21, 17 -- 21 2015 Denmark Open Li Xuerui 19 -- 21, 12 -- 21 6 2016 Hong Kong Open Tai Tzu - ying 15 -- 21, 17 -- 21 7 2016 Olympics Carolina Marin 21 - 19, 12 -- 21, 15 - 21 8 2017 World Championships Nozomi Okuhara 19 - 21, 22 -- 20, 20 - 22 BWF Event Super Series Premier Super Series Grand Prix Gold Grand Prix Career overview Singles Played Wins Losses Balance Total * 326 227 99 + 128 Current year ( 2017 ) * 32 25 7 + 22 Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total * 17 9 8 + 1 Current year ( 2017 ) * 0 0 0 0 * Statistics were last updated on 16 September 2017. Singles performance timeline Key SF QF # R RR Q # SF - B NH N / A Tournament 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 SR Best BWF events BWF World Junior Championships 2R QF 3R N / A 0 / 3 QF ( ' 10 ) BWF World Championships NH QF NH 0 / 4 F ( ' 17 ) Olympics NH DNQ NH NH 0 / 2 F ( ' 16 ) BWF Super Series All England Super Series Premier 1R 2R 1R 1R QF 0 / 5 QF ( ' 17 ) India Open Super Series N / A 1R QF SF 1R QF 1 / 6 W ( ' 17 ) Malaysia Super Series Premier Q1 1R 2R QF 1R 0 / 5 QF ( ' 16 ) Singapore Open Super Series 1R QF 2R QF 0 / 4 QF ( ' 14, ' 17 ) Indonesia Super Series Premier 2R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 4 2R ( ' 12, ' 17 ) Australian Open Super Series N / A QF 1R 1R QF 0 / 4 QF ( ' 14, ' 17 ) Japan Open Super Series 2R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 4 2R ( ' 12, ' 13, ' 17 ) Korea Open Super Series Q2 2R 2R 1 / 4 W ( ' 17 ) Denmark Super Series Premier 1R QF 2R 0 / 4 F ( ' 15 ) French Open Super Series 2R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 4 2R ( ' 13, ' 16 ) China Open Super Series Premier Q2 1R 2R 1 / 4 W ( ' 16 ) Hong Kong Open Super Series Q2 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 6 F ( ' 16 ) China Masters Super Series SF N / A 0 / 1 SF ( ' 12 ) BWF Super Series Masters Finals DNQ SF 0 / 1 SF ( ' 16 ) BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold SF SF 2 / 4 W ( ' 13, ' 16 ) Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold QF SF 2R NH SF 2R 1 / 8 W ( ' 17 ) German Open Grand Prix Gold 1R QF 0 / 2 QF ( ' 16 ) Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold N / A 1R 2R SF QF 0 / 4 SF ( ' 14 ) China Masters Grand Prix Gold N / A QF 0 / 1 QF ( ' 16 ) Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2R 0 / 1 2R ( ' 15 ) Vietnam Open Grand Prix QF 0 / 1 QF ( ' 11 ) Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold QF 0 / 1 QF ( ' 15 ) Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2R 0 / 1 2R ( ' 12 ) Dutch Open Grand Prix 0 / 1 F ( ' 12 ) Macau Open Grand Prix Gold 3 / 3 W ( ' 13, ' 14, ' 15 ) India Open Grand Prix Gold Q2 2R N / A 0 / 2 2R ( ' 10 ) Year - end Ranking 255 151 31 19 11 11 12 6 Record against selected players Record against the Super Series finalists, the World Championships semifinalists, and the Olympic quarterfinalists ( as of 20 November 2016 ) : Opponent Record Opponent Record Opponent Record Opponent Record He Bingjiao 4 -- 5 Jiang Yanjiao 0 -- 2 Li Xuerui 2 -- 3 Sun Yu 4 -- 4 Wang Lin 0 -- 1 Wang Shixian 4 -- 6 Wang Yihan 3 -- 4 Yao Xue 1 -- 1 Tai Tzu - ying 3 -- 6 Tine Baun 0 -- 1 Juliane Schenk 0 -- 2 Yip Pui Yin 2 -- 0 Saina Nehwal 1 -- 1 Lindaweni Fanetri 8 -- 2 Akane Yamaguchi 2 -- 1 Eriko Hirose 1 -- 3 Minatsu Mitani 3 -- 2 Nozomi Okuhara 4 -- 5 Yui Hashimoto 1 -- 1 Bae Yeon - ju 1 -- 3 Sung Ji - hyun 7 -- 4 Carolina Marin 5 -- 6 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 5 -- 4 Ratchanok Intanon 1 -- 4 Summer Olympics 2016 Summer Olympics See also : Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics -- Women 's singles Stage Opponent Result Games Points Group Stage Michelle Li ( CAN ) Won 2 -- 1 19 -- 21, 21 -- 15, 21 -- 17 Group Stage Laura Sárosi ( HUN ) Won 2 -- 0 21 -- 4, 21 -- 9 Pre-Quarter Finals Tai Tzu - ying ( TPE ) Won 2 -- 0 21 -- 13, 21 -- 15 Quarter Finals Wang Yihan ( CHN ) Won 2 -- 0 22 -- 20, 21 -- 19 Semi-finals Nozomi Okuhara ( JPN ) Won 2 -- 0 21 -- 19, 21 -- 10 Finals Carolina Marín ( ESP ) Lost 1 -- 2 21 -- 19, 12 -- 21, 15 -- 21 Personal life P.V. Sindhu has been employed with Bharat Petroleum since July 2013, as an assistant sports manager with their Hyderabad office. Following her silver - medal win at the Rio Olympics, she was promoted to deputy sports manager. She was appointed as first brand amabassador of Bridgestone India. Also, Andhra Pradesh Government appointed P.V. Sindhu as Deputy Collector ( Group - I ). 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 ( US $16,000 ) from the Badminton Association of India, for her victory in the 2015 Macau Open Badminton Championships. ₹ 5 lakh ( US $7,800 ) 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 ( US $780,000 ), and a land grant from the Government of Telangana. ₹ 3 crore ( US $470,000 ), a Group A cadre job ( Deputy Collector of Andhra Pradesh ) and 1000 yd land grant from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. ₹ 2 crore ( US $310,000 ) from the Government of Delhi. ₹ 75 lakh ( US $120,000 ) from her employer, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, with promotion from assistant to deputy sports manager. ₹ 50 lakh ( US $78,000 ) from the Government of Haryana. ₹ 50 lakh ( US $78,000 ) from the Government of Madhya Pradesh. ₹ 50 lakh ( US $78,000 ) from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. ₹ 50 lakh ( US $78,000 ) from Badminton Association of India ₹ 50 lakh ( US $78,000 ) from NRI businessman, Mukkattu Sebastian ₹ 30 lakh ( US $47,000 ) from the Indian Olympic Association. ₹ 5 lakh ( US $7,800 ) from All India Football Federation. BMW car from the Hyderabad District Badminton Association and as well as Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar ₹ 1.01 lakh ( US $1,600 ) from Salman Khan, for qualifying as an Olympic participant. Miniature badminton racquet memento with gold and diamond from Kirtilals. Appointed as Deputy Collector of Andhra Pradesh. See also Badminton in India India national badminton team Gopichand Badminton Academy References Jump up ^ `` bwf world superseries -- PV Sindhu Profile ''. Jump up ^ `` Badminton ''. Olympic Gold Quest. Retrieved 18 August 2016. Jump up ^ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/player.aspx?id=12552&player=108519 Jump up ^ `` BWF World Rankings ''. bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` BWF - BWF World Rankings - Overview ''. bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Sindhu breaks into world top 20 ranking ''. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012. 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Sindhu at tournamentsoftware.com Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees 1991 -- 2000 Viswanathan Anand ( 1991 -- 92 ) Geet Sethi ( 1992 -- 93 ) Homi Motivala and Pushpendra Kumar Garg ( 1993 -- 94 ) Karnam Malleswari ( 1994 -- 95 ) Kunjarani Devi ( 1995 -- 96 ) Leander Paes ( 1996 -- 97 ) Sachin Tendulkar ( 1997 -- 98 ) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar ( 1998 -- 99 ) Dhanraj Pillay ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Pullela Gopichand ( 2000 -- 01 ) 2001 -- 2010 Abhinav Bindra ( 2001 ) K.M. Beenamol and Anjali Bhagwat ( 2002 ) Anju Bobby George ( 2003 ) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore ( 2004 ) Pankaj Advani ( 2005 ) Manavjit Singh Sandhu ( 2006 ) MS Dhoni ( 2007 ) No award ( 2008 ) Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, and Sushil Kumar ( 2009 ) Saina Nehwal ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present Gagan Narang ( 2011 ) Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt ( 2012 ) Ronjan Sodhi ( 2013 ) No award ( 2014 ) Sania Mirza ( 2015 ) P.V. 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Question: who won silver medal in world badminton championship
Answer: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu