SUNDAY, February 9, 2014
Born on July 5, 1995,Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian badminton player. She trains at Hyderabad’s Gopichand Badminton Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation that identifies and supports Indian athletes.
On August 10, 2013, Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win a medal in singles at the World Championships (India’s first singles medal since Prakash Padukone won bronze in 1983). She broke into the top 20 in the Badminton World Federation rankings which were released on 21 September 2012. She is also ranked 3 in the BWF Junior Rankings.
She was born to P V Ramana and P Vijaya – both former volleyball players. Ramana also won the Government of India-instituted 2000 Arjuna Award for his sport. Though her parents played professional volleyball, Sindhu 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.
Sindhu first learned the basics of the sport with the guidance of Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications in Secunderabad.
In the international circuit, Sindhu was a bronze medallist at the 2009 Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships held in Colombo. At the 2010 Iran Fajr International Badminton Challenge, she won the silver medal in the singles category.[8] Sindhu reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 Junior World Badminton Championships that was held in Mexico. She was a team member in India’s national team at the 2010 Uber Cup.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. Who top scored for New Zealand in the first innings of the 1st Test match of the ongoing series against India?
2. For which team Ravindra Jadeja played in Indian Premier League (IPL) Season-6?
3. Name the two Indians who fought against each other in the semifinals of the ATP Challenger Cup in Chennai?
4. Who was named skipper of Rest of India team to play against Ranji trophy Champions Karnataka in Irani Cup?
5. Who is Deep Das Gupta?
Answers of the last week:
1. Virat Kohli 2. KKR 3. Ross Taylor 4. Aronian 5. Former Indian cricketer.
The best entry of this week was received from Abhimanyu Mahajan, H-No 71, Upper Roop Nagar, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Rajkumar Sharma, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu; Arun Kumar, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu; Sanjay Dhar, Lane-1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu; Pardeep Singh, Nanak Nagar, Jammu; Vikas, Patoli Mangotrian, Jammu and Akshay Koul, Jagti Township, Jammu.
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