Archive · 17 Aug 2026
PV Sindhu Eyes Historic BWF World Championships 2026 Medal
PV Sindhu is a famous badminton player from India.
She has won five medals at the Badminton World Championships.
Now she wants to win a sixth medal.
If she does, she will set a new record for women's singles players.
Two other players, Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi, also have five medals.
They are also playing in the 2026 championships.
The championships will be held in New Delhi, India.
Only one player in history, Lin Dan, has won more medals in singles.
He won seven medals.
So Sindhu has a chance to make history.
PV Sindhu has won five BWF World Championships medals: bronze in 2013 and 2014, silver in 2017 and 2018, and gold in 2019.
The 2026 BWF World Championships will be held in New Delhi.
Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi, also on five medals, are competing in 2026 and could set the women's singles record.
A sixth medal would make Sindhu only the second singles player to reach that mark, after Lin Dan's seven men's singles medals.
Zhang Ning also has five career medals, while Carolina Marin and Li Lingwei have four each.
- Who
- PV Sindhu, along with Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi
- What
- Competing for a historic sixth BWF World Championships medal that would set a women's singles record
- When
- 2026
- Where
- New Delhi
- Why
- To set the world record for the most medals in women's singles and become only the second singles player to win six medals after Lin Dan
- Player
- PV Sindhu
- Medals won
- 5 (2013 Bronze, 2014 Bronze, 2017 Silver, 2018 Silver, 2019 Gold)
- Event
- BWF World Championships 2026
- Location
- New Delhi
- Record at stake
- Most medals in women's singles (sixth medal)
- Other contenders
- Chen Yufei, Akane Yamaguchi
- Benchmark
- Lin Dan's seven men's singles medals