Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

Born: 5 July 1995

She is an Indian professional badminton player.
Having made her international debut in 2009, she rose to a career-high ranking of no. 2 in April 2017.
Over the course of her career, she has won medals at multiple tournaments including Olympics and on the BWF circuit including a gold at the 2019 World Championships.
She is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion.
She broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17.
Beginning in 2013, she won a medal at every world championships, with the exception of 2015.
She is just the second woman after Zhang Ning to win five or more medals at the world championships.
She represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian badminton player to reach a final.
She won the silver medal after losing out to Spain’s Carolina Marin.
With earnings of US$8.5 million and $5.5 million respectively, she made the Forbes‘ list of Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2018 and 2019.
She is the recipient of the sports honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, and India’s fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri.
She was also honoured with Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India, in January 2020.