Saina Nehwal is the first and only female player from India to be ranked world No1. Born on March 17, 1990 in Hisar, Haryana to Dr Harvir Singh Nehwal and Usha Rani Nehwal (a state level badminton player of Haryana) Saina has won over 24 international titles attaining the world no 1 ranking in 2015.
She won the BWF World Junior Championships in 2008 and created history when she won the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
She is credited for popularizing the sport of badminton in India. In 2016, the Government of India conferred the Padma Bhushan on her. She has also been awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and the Arjuna Award.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, popularly known as PV Sindhu, is a badminton world champion and silver medallist at the 2016, Rio Summer Olympics.
She is only the second individual athlete from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games. She was born on July 5, 1995 to PV Ramana and P Vijaya, both national level volleyball players. At the age of 8 she was inspired by Pullela Gopichand’s victory in the All England Open Badminton Championship in 2001 and later joined Pullela Gopichand’s Badminton Academy.
She is a recipient of the ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna’ and the ‘Padma Shri’. She was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in January 2020.
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