First Indian Women to Win Two Olympic Medals

PV Sindhu, a 26-year-old badminton player, has turned out to be the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals after defeating ‘He Bingjiao’ of China.

Highlights:

Sindhu defeated ‘He Bingjiao’ via 21-13, 21-15 in the Women‘s singles bronze medal match at Tokyo Olympics 2020.

She is the 1st Indian girl to win Olympic silver and the first Indian girl to finish on the podium two instances at the Olympics.

At the Rio Olympics, Sindhu had won women’s singles badminton silver in her Olympics debut.