BWF Most Improved Player of the Year 2016 is PV Sindhu
Q. PV Sindhu won which 2016 award instituted by the BWF?- Published on 15 Dec 16a. Most Improved Player of the year Award
b. Most Advanced Player of the year Award
c. Best Female Player of the Year Award
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Most Improved Player of the year Award
Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu won Badminton World Federation (BWF) Most Improved Player of the Year award at the Players’ Reception and Gala Dinner in Dubai .
Sindhu, who lost to Carolina Marin in the finals of the womens’ singles in the summer games, won her first Superseries title in China in November.
The shuttler also reached the final of Hong Kong open and qualified for her maiden Superseries Finals.
Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei won the BWF Male Player of the Year award.
Japan’s Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi won the BWF Female Player of the Year award.
About PV Sindhu:- Full name: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
- Born 5 July 1995
- First Indian woman to win Olympic Silver medal and second to win a medal after Saina Nehwal in badminton
- Broke into top 20 of the BWF World Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17.
- In 2013, she became the first ever Indian women’s singles player to win a medal at the Badminton World Championships.
- In March 2015, she became the youngest recipient of India’s fourth highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri.
