Indian Badminton Player makes History In Rio Olympics and the name of the person is Pusarla Venkata Sindhu. she born on 5 July 1995 in Hyderabad to P.V.Ramana and P.Vijaya both former volleyball players. She eventually started playing Badminton from the age of eight.She pursued her education in Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer,Guntur. SHe first learned the basics of the sports 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. P.V.Sindhu received International Attention as she broke into the Top 20 in the Badminton world Federation rankings released on 21 September 2012. On 10 August 2013, Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman's singles player to win a medal at the 2013 world championships. On 30 March 2015, she received India's fourth highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri. On 18 August 2016, at the 2016 summer Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to reach the finals in the badminton event on an Olympics after beating Nozomi Okuhara of japan in the Semi finals. she subsequently won the silver medal and the youngest Indian overall to make a podium finish in the Olympics. She also became the second Indian female shuttler to win an olympics medal after Saina Nehwal's Bronze medal at 2012 summer Olympics at London.
National Level honors Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian award of India (2015), Arjuna award (2013).
Other honors: FICCI breakthrough sportsperson of the year 2014, NDTV Indian of the year 2014, 10 Lakh rupees from the badminton association of India for her victory in the 2015 Macau open badminton championships, 5 Lakh rupees from the badminton association of India for her victory in the 2016 Malaysia Masters, For the Rio summer Olympics 1.01 lakh rupees from Salman Khan for qualifying as an Olympic participant.
National Level honors Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian award of India (2015), Arjuna award (2013).
Other honors: FICCI breakthrough sportsperson of the year 2014, NDTV Indian of the year 2014, 10 Lakh rupees from the badminton association of India for her victory in the 2015 Macau open badminton championships, 5 Lakh rupees from the badminton association of India for her victory in the 2016 Malaysia Masters, For the Rio summer Olympics 1.01 lakh rupees from Salman Khan for qualifying as an Olympic participant.
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