Her father, Ramana and was a member of the Indian volleyball team that won the bronze medal in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, received the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to the sport.
Sindhu lives in Hyderabad.
She was educated at Auxilium High School and at St. Ann's College for Women, Hyderabad.
1995
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player.
2001
Though her parents played professional volleyball, she 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.
She first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad.
Soon after, she joined Pullela Gopichand's Gopichand Badminton Academy.
While profiling her career, a correspondent with The Hindu wrote:"'The fact that she reports on time at the coaching camps daily, traveling 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 fifth 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, she 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.
2009
Sindhu entered the international circuit at a young age of 14 in the year 2009.
She was a bronze medalist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo.
2010
At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the women's singles.
She reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships that was held in Mexico, where she lost to Chinese Suo Di in a 3-gamer.
2011
In 2011, she won the Maldives International Challenge in June defeating compatriot P. C. Thulasi, as well as the Indonesia International Challenge the following month.
2012
Sindhu broke into the top 20 of the BWF World Rankings in September 2012, at the age of 17.
She has won a total of five medals at the BWF World Championships and is only the second woman after China's Zhang Ning ever to win five or more singles medals in the competition.
2014
She also won the under-14 team gold medal at the 51st National State Games in India.
She later parted company with Gopichand and went on to train with South Korean coach Park Tae-sang.
She is currently coached by Agus Dwi Santoso, with Prakash Padukone as her mentor.
2016
She represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio), where she became the first Indian badminton player to reach the Olympic final.
She won the silver medal after losing out to Spain's Carolina Marín.
Sindhu won her first superseries title at the 2016 China Open and followed it up with four more finals in 2017, winning the titles in South Korea and India.
2017
She rose to a career-high world ranking of no. 2 in April 2017.
2018
She also won the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals and remains the only Indian player to win a season finale title.
In addition to that, she is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion and has won three consecutive singles medals at the Commonwealth Games, a silver medal at the Asian Games, and two bronze medals at the Uber Cup.
With earnings of US$8.5 million, $5.5 million, $7.2 million, $7.1 million and $7.1 million respectively, Sindhu made the Forbes' list of Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
She is a recipient of the sports honours Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, as well as India's fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, and third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born and brought up in Hyderabad, India to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya.
Ramana's ancestors belong to Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh and later moved to Guntur.
Ramana was an employee of the Indian Railways and was born in Nirmal.
Vijaya hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
Sindhu and her family regularly offer prayers to their family deity in Ratnalammakunta village of Eluru district.
Both her parents have been national level volleyball players.
2019
Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at the 2019 World Championships.
She is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual athlete from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.
2020
She made her second consecutive Olympic appearance at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo) and won a bronze medal, becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win two Olympic medals.
