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Badminton World Championships 2014
In the 2014 World Championships held in Denmark, Sindhu was seeded eleventh. She powered past Russian Olga Arkhangelskaya in her first round in two easy games. She had a tough encounter against sixth seed Bae Yeon-ju in the Round of 16 where she edged a close win. She later created history by becoming the first Indian to win two back-to-back medals in the BWF World Championships. -
Rio Olympics 2016 Silver
In the group stage, she defeated Hungary's Laura Sárosi. She later faced Japanese star Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals and won in straight games, ensuring a podium finish. In final, Marin of Spain managed to beat her in three games in the 83-minute match. She clinched the silver medal, creating history as India's youngest individual Olympic medallist and the first Indian woman to bag an Olympic silver medal. -
Badminton World Championship 2019
At the 2019 World Championships, She impressed everyone with her victory over second seed Tai Tzu-ying in the quarterfinals. She defeated Tai, coming from a game down to make the semi-final and secure a fifth World Championship medal, the joint-most in the history of women's singles badminton. In the final against Nozomi Okuhara, she put up a near-flawless display to win and became the first Indian to win gold at the World Championships. -
Tokyo Olympics 2021
She put up a dominating display to defeat Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, placing herself in the last four stage, also becoming the only Indian shuttler to reach two consecutive Olympic semi-finals. Her opponent for the semi-final was second seed Tai Tzu-ying. Sindhu, who was yet to drop a game in the tournament, fell against Taiwan's Tai in two straight games. She won bronze medal and became only women player to claim two medals at two consecutive Olympic games. -
Commonwealth Games 2022
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Sindhu won her maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women's singles, beating Michelle Li of Canada in the final. With this win, she became only the second women's singles player to win a full set of medals at the Commonwealth Games.She was also unbeaten in the mixed team event, where India won a silver medal.
