P V Sindhu -1st Indian Women's Player To Win World Badminton Championship Medal

 

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, or better known as P.V. Sindhu(10th Seeded)created Indian badminton history on August 9, 2013 after a 21-18, 21-17 win over former world no.1 Shixian Wang of China in the quarter-final world championships 2013 held in China

Thus P V Sindhu entered the SF's thereby ensuring a Medal.

However,in the SF P V Sindhu lost the game to Thai Ratchanok Intanon and settled for a bronze medal

P V Sindhu shared Bronze Medal alongwith Bae Yeon Ju

 Silver medallist Li Xuerui, gold-winner Ratchanok Inthanon, bronze medallists PV Sindhu and Bae Yeon Ju with their medals

 Note

• Prakash Padukone won a medal in the World Championships way back in 1983 when he bagged a bronze in the men singles event in Copenhagen

• The women's doubles duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa had claimed another bronze for India in the last edition of the tournament at London in 2011