P. V. Ramana
Personal information
Full namePusarla Venkata Ramana
NationalityIndian
BornNirmal, Nirmal District, Telangana
HometownSecunderabad, Telangana, India
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm) [1]
Honours
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seoul Team Competition

Pusarla Venkata Ramana is a former professional volleyball player and an employee of Indian Railways in Secunderabad. He was a member of the India men's national volleyball team. In the 1986 Asian Games, he was part of the team that won a bronze medal.[2] He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to Indian volleyball.[3]

Ramana was born in Nirmal.[4] In an interview with Radha Krishna on the Telugu television channel ABN Andhra Jyothi, he said that his father died when he was five years old and that he grew up in Hyderabad with his siblings. He pursued graduation (equivalent to a bachelor's degree) in Vijayawada.[5] His forefathers are from the West Godavari district.[6]

Family

Ramana's wife Vijaya has also been a national-level volleyball player. Like him, she is an employee of Indian Railways.[4] Their elder daughter, P. V. Divya, is a doctor[7] by profession and played netball[7] at the national level. Their younger daughter, P. V. Sindhu, is a badminton player who is a two-time Olympic medallist, having won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and a World Champion, having won the gold in the 2019 BWF World Championships. Like her father, Sindhu is also an Arjuna Awardee, as well as a recipient of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.

References

  1. ^ "Jack of all sports, master of volleyball: The story of PV Ramana". Scroll India. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Jack of all sports, master of volleyball: The story of PV Ramana".
  3. ^ Sudhir, T.S. (19 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: PV Sindhu's success stems from efforts of Gopichand and her father". F. Sports. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Who does PV Sindhu belong to? Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in bitter fight". India Today. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Jack of all sports, master of volleyball: The story of PV Ramana".
  6. ^ "PV Sindhu's father offers prayers to their family deity in West Godavari". The New Indian Express. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Divine Coincidences : Why Did P V Sindhu Write So On That Visiting Card". Tirumalesa. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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