P. V. V. Lakshmi
Personal information
Full name	Pandimukkala Venkata Vara Lakshmi
Country	India
Born	(1974-11-08)8 November 1974 (age 51) Vijayawada,Krishna District,Andhra Pradesh[1]
Residence	Hyderabad,Telangana, India
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Spouse	Pullela Gopichand ​ (m. 2002)​
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women's badminton Representing India Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
BWF profile

Pandimukkala Venkata Vara Lakshmi (born 8 November 1974), better known asP. V. V. Lakshmi, is an Indian former badminton player. She is an eight-time Indian national champion^[3] inbadminton andrepresented India in the1996 Atlanta Olympics. She is also the wife ofPullela Gopichand.^[4] She was the bronze medalist inbadminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Team event.

P. V. V. Lakshmi, was very supportive of Gopichand during the formation ofGopichand Badminton Academy and even contributed to the effort of securing monetary support.^[5] Despite other donations, Gopichand could only gather US$1.75 million. It was then they decided to mortgage his family home and raise the remaining money for the already delayed project. In 2008, the facility was eventually completed at the cost of $2.5 million.^[6] Immediately after the construction, theGovernment of India sent theCommonwealth Games team to train at this facility. The government increased the daily rate they pay per player to $20 for this special Games camp. This was a big jump from the $5 daily fee per player that the government had previously paid for other training camps.^[6]

In 2008, they appealed toBollywood, theHindicinema industry to become badminton's brand ambassador. They felt that by having a popular cinema icon supporting the sport will help popularize it.^[7]

DespiteSaina Nehwal's success in international tournaments, Gopichand and Lakshmi found it hard to run the Academy. To run it at an optimal level, it requires $300,000 a year. As of 2010, he was making do with $100,000 to pay the training cost for 60 players and was holding off hiring more coaches.^[6]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	India International	B. R. Meenakshi	11–7, 4–11, 10–13	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	India International	Madhumita Bisht	Archana Deodhar Manjusha Kanwar	6–15, 15–13, 15–9	Winner
1999	India International	Archana Deodhar	Trupti Murgunde Ketaki Thakkar	9–15, 15–3, 15–3	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	India International	Vincent Lobo	Vinod Kumar Madhumita Bisht	12–15, 14–17	Runner-up
1999	India International	J. B. S. Vidyadhar	Vinod Kumar B. R. Meenakshi	17–14, 15–6	Winner

P. V. V. Lakshmi married fellow badminton playerPullela Gopichand on 5 June 2002.^[8] They have two children, a daughter namedGayatri Gopichand and a son named Vishnu. Gayathri, who is the elder of the two siblings, is an international women's doubles badminton player for India. Her son Vishnu is also training at the Gopichand Academy. After their marriage, Gopichand concentrated on the badminton academy and Lakshmi helped him.^[9]

• P. V. V. Lakshmi atBWFBadminton.com
• P. V. V. Lakshmi atBWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived,alternate link)
• P. V. V. Lakshmi atOlympics.com
• P. V. V. Lakshmi atOlympedia
• P. V. V. Lakshmi at theCommonwealth Games Federation (archived)

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Indian female badminton players
• Indian national badminton champions
• Olympic badminton players for India
• Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in badminton
• Commonwealth Games badminton players for India
• Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Sportspeople from Vijayawada
• Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh
• Sportspeople from Hyderabad, India
• Sportswomen from Telangana
• 20th-century Indian sportswomen

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