PV Sindhu

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, an Indian badminton player, was born on July 5, 1995. Sindhu, who is regarded as one of India's most accomplished athletes, has earned trophies at numerous competitions, including the Olympics and the BWF circuit, as well as gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is only the second individual competitor from India to earn two straight medals at the Olympic Games and the first and only Indian to obtain the title of badminton world champion. In April 2017, she attained a career-high global rating of no.2.  At the age of 17, Sindhu entered the top 20 of the BWF World Rankings in September 2012. She is only the second lady, after Zhang Ning of China, to ever earn five or more singles medals at the BWF World Championships with her tally of five victories. She represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, where she made Olympic history as the first badminton athlete from her country to do so. After falling short to Carolina Marn of Spain, she was awarded the silver prize. She competed in the Olympics for the second time in a row at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she took home a bronze medal and created Olympic history by becoming the first Indian woman to ever earn two medals.

In 2016, at the China Open, Sindhu claimed her first superseries championship. In 2017, she won championships in South Korea and India after reaching four more finals. She is the only Indian player to have earned a season-ending championship, and she also won the 2018 BWF World Tour Finals. Additionally, she has earned two bronze medals at the Uber Cup and three straight singles gold at the Commonwealth Games. She is the current winner of the Commonwealth Games. Sindhu made the Forbes list of Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022 with profits of US$8.5 million, $5.5 million, $7.2 million, and $7.1 million, respectively.