PUSARLA V. Sindhu

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Singles	2019	Basel, SUI
2	Women's Singles	2018	Nanjing, CHN
2	Women's Singles	2017	Glasgow, GBR
3	Women's Singles	2014	Copenhagen, DEN
3	Women's Singles	2013	Guangzhou, CHN
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2015	Jakarta, INA

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's Singles	2018	Indonesia
Quarterfinal	Women's Team	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2019	Wuhan, CHN
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2018	Wuhan, CHN
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2017	Wuhan, CHN

Asian Championships Team

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Women's Team	2018	Alor Setar, MAS
Quarterfinal	Mixed Team	2017	Ho Chi Minh City, VIE

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Singles	2018	Guangzhou, CHN
2	Women's Singles	2017	Dubai, UAE
1st Round	Women's Singles	2019	Guangzhou, CHN
1st Round	Women's Singles	2020	Bangkok, THA

BWF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64	Group
2021	Singles	-	1x	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2020	Singles	-	-	-	3x	1x	1x	-	-
2019	Singles	-	1x	2x	3x	1x	3x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	2x	2x	5x	2x	1x	-	-
2017	Singles	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

BWF World Superseries - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32
2017	Singles	2x	1x	1x	4x	2x	2x

World Tour & World Superseries - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Superseries	Seoul, KOR
1	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Superseries	New Delhi, IND
1	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Lucknow, IND
2	2021	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Basel, SUI
2	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
2	2018	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Bangkok, THA
2	2018	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	New Delhi, IND
2	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Superseries	Hong Kong, CHN
3	2021	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Birmingham, GBR
3	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Singapore, SIN
3	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	New Delhi, IND
3	2018	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
3	2018	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Birmingham, GBR
3	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Superseries	Paris, FRA

TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Group 1	Mixed Team	2019	Nanning, CHN
Quarterfinal	Mixed Team	2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Meditation. (tokyo2020.org, 24 Jun 2020)

Athlete

Commerce - St. Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad, IND

English, Hindi, Telugu

Park Tae-Sang [personal], KOR

Right (jagranjosh.com, 06 Jul 2020)

Her father PV Ramana represented India in volleyball, and won bronze at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Her mother P Vijaya played volleyball at national level in India. (olympicchannel.com, 05 May 2020; hindustantimes.com, 29 Aug 2016; ONS, 20 Jul 2016; olympicgoldquest.in, 18 Jan 2015)

She sprained her right ankle ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, but was still able to compete at the event. (newsx.com, 03 Apr 2018)

In 2015 she was unable to compete or train for four months after suffering a stress fracture to her left foot. She first noticed the pain in 2014, but she thought it was just stiffness and decided to continue playing. (hindustantimes.com, 29 Aug 2016; economictimes.indiatimes.com, 10 Aug 2015)

She missed the 2012 World Junior Championships in Chiba, Japan, after sustaining a knee injury at the Super Series event in the People's Republic of China the previous month. (dnaindia.com, 13 Oct 2012)

She began playing badminton at age eight. She initially trained at the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad, India, before joining Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad in 2008. (firstpost.com, 26 Feb 2018; ONS, 20 Jul 2016)

"My father used to play volleyball and I would accompany him to the volleyball courts when I was very young. There was a badminton court beside the volleyball courts and I initially only played for fun, but I gradually developed a great interest and love for badminton." (rediff.com, 03 Jan 2012)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympicchannel.com, 05 May 2020)

"In the off-season I give workouts my 100%, but around tournaments as I want to give the match everything, I give workouts about 50% and avoid heavy weights. Rest and recovery are equally important for fitness, so I go for massages, swim or just relax." (hindustantimes.com, 22 Oct 2019)

Winning silver in singles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (bwfbadminton.com, 09 Mar 2021)

Indian boxer and politician Mary Kom. (bwfbadminton.com, 09 Mar 2021)

Her parents. (olympicchannel.com, 05 May 2020)

"The greatest asset is a strong mind. If I know that someone is training harder than I am, I have no excuses." (Facebook page, 27 Apr 2016)

In January 2020 she received the Padma Bhushan Award, the highest civilian award given by the Indian government. (jagranjosh.com, 06 Jul 2020)

In 2019 she was named BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year. (bbc.co.uk, 08 Mar 2019)

She was flag bearer for India at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (gc2018.com, 04 Apr 2018)

In August 2016 she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour in India. (thehindu.com, 29 Aug 2016)

In 2015 she was presented with a Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award given by the Indian government. (sports.ndtv.com, 30 Mar 2015)

She was named the 2014 Breakthrough Sportsperson of the Year by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry [FICCI]. (news.biharprabha.com, 13 Feb 2014)

She was named the 2013 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in the sports category. (sportskeeda.com, 20 Dec 2013)

In 2013 she received the Arjuna Award in recognition of her outstanding achievements in badminton. (ONS, 20 Jul 2016; daijiworld.com, 25 Sep 2013)