Meet PV Sindhu’s lesser known sister PV Divya who was also an athlete
Photo: PV Sindhu/ Instagram
News about Indian badminton star and two-time Olympian, PV Sindhu’s wedding to IT professional Venkata Datta Sai was a wonderful surprise for her fans and followers today. Sindhu’s father, P. V. Ramana, told PTI that her wedding was confirmed just a month ago and December 22 has been chosen as the wedding date in Udaipur, followed by a formal reception in Hyderabad on December 24. Although PV Sindhu is widely known as a sports star, did you know that she also has an elder sister who was also an athlete? Well, read on to know more about her here.
Meet PV Sindhu’s elder sister
Sister P. V. Sindhu P. V. Divya seven years older than her, and she was also a sports at the national level a person However, unlike PV Sindhu, P. V. Divya was a handball player, but later gave up the sport and instead went into science to become a doctor.
In 2012, PV Divya married Sriram Gaal in a grand wedding. However, P. V. Sindhu missed her sister’s wedding because of sports! By the way, the wedding of sister P. V. Sindhu’s loss came on the same day as her last match at the Indian Syed Modi International Grand Prix, forcing her to miss her sister’s big day. At a time when PV Sindhu was asked about missing her sister’s wedding day for her final match, she told IANS, “I will try to win the tournament and gift it to her.” Unfortunately, Sindhu lost the match to Indonesia’s Lindaveni Fanetra.
Meanwhile, the sisters seem to share a close bond as PV Sindhu often posts pictures with her lesser-known elder sister and even her brother-in-law on her social media profile.
Recalling fond childhood memories with her sister PV Divya, PV Sindhu once told Forbes India, “She (Divya) was more into studies. At that time she wanted to become a doctor and showed great interest in her studies She was good at school even studied well and my cousin was playing badminton near my house and I wanted to play with them and she (Divya) is older than me.. .So when they were playing badminton, I said, “Let me join too.” you play,’ and they said, ‘You can’t play,’ and I say, ‘Okay, let’s see,’ and we all laugh about it! incident, and no one thought I’d be the champion and be here today “.
Parents of P. V. Sindhu
PV Sindhu with family
Photo: PV Sindhu/ Instagram
PV Sindhu’s parents – father PV Raman and mother P Vijay – were national level volleyball players of their time. This shows their family’s love, interest and passion for sports from an early age. In fact, Sindhu’s father PV Raman competed in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games, winning a bronze medal.
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