CWG 2022: Meet Gold Medal Winner PV Sindhu 

Shuttler PV Sindhu won Gold medal winner at CWG 2022 event by defeating Canada's Michelle Li.

Earlier, she won Silver at 2016 Rio de Janeiro and Bronze in 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

She was born in Andhra Pradesh's Hyderabad on July 5, 1995.

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Sindu chose badminton though her parents played professional volleyball.

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Sindhu learned nuances of badminton from Pullela Gopichand.

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She started playing badminton at the age of eight.

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She started playing badminton at the age of eight.

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Ace badminton player awarded Padma Bhushan, the 3rd highest civilian award in India, in 2020.

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