v PV Sindhu created history by winning the bronze medal match against China’s He Bing Jiao at the Tokyo Olympics. Sindhu became only the second Indian athlete after wrestler Sushil Kumar — and the first woman from the country — to win two individual Olympic medals, defeating China’s He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15 to win the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games.
v Sindhu is also only the 4th women’s singles player to win back-to-back medals at the Olympic Games. Previously, Sindhu lost to Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-Ying in the semi-finals.
Here is a full list of major honours won by PV Sindhu in women’s singles:
Olympic Games
2016 – Silver
2020 – Bronze
World Championships
- 2013 – Bronze
- 2014 – Bronze
- 2017 – Silver
- 2018 – Silver
- 2019 – Gold
Commonwealth Games
- 2014 – Bronze
- 2018 – Silver
Asian Games
- 2018 – Silver
BWF World Tour
- 1 Gold and 4 Silver
BWF Superseries
- 3 Gold and 4 Silver
BWF Grand Prix
- 6 Gold and 3 Silver
