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{{Infobox volleyball player<br />
| name = P. V. Ramana<br />
| image = Sri P. V. Ramana father of the Badminton Player Ms. P. V Sindhu in 2017 (1) (cropped).jpg<br />
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| fullname = Pusarla Venkata Ramana<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
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| birth_place = [[Nirmal]], [[Nirmal District]], [[Telangana]]<br />
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| hometown = [[Secunderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]<br />
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'''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 in volleyball.<ref> [https://scroll.in/field/892386/jack-of-all-sports-master-of-volleyball-the-story-of-pv-ramanahttps://scroll.in/field/892386/jack-of-all-sports-master-of-volleyball-the-story-of-pv-ramana] </ref> He was awarded the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2000 for his contribution to Indian volleyball.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sudhir|first1=T.S.|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/rio-olympics-2016-pv-sindhus-success-stems-from-efforts-of-gopichand-and-her-father-2964662.html|title=Rio Olympics 2016: PV Sindhu's success stems from efforts of Gopichand and her father|date=19 August 2016|publisher=F. Sports|accessdate=19 August 2016}}</ref> His younger daughter [[P. V. Sindhu]] has won gold medal in [[BWF World Championships]] 2019.<br />
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Pusarla was born in [[Nirmal]].<ref name="ref02">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/olympics2016/story/rio-olympics-2016-pv-sindhu-pullela-gopichand-andhra-pradesh-telangana/1/744872.html|date=20 August 2016|title=Who does PV Sindhu belong to? Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in bitter fight|publisher=India Today|accessdate=28 December 2017}}</ref> In an interview with Radha Krishna on the [[Telugu language|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]].<ref> [https://scroll.in/field/892386/jack-of-all-sports-master-of-volleyball-the-story-of-pv-ramana] </ref> His forefathers are from [[West Godavari district]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/PV-Sindhus-father-offers-prayers-to-their-family-deity-in-West-Godavari/2016/08/19/article3587443.ece|title=PV Sindhu's father offers prayers to their family deity in West Godavari|date=19 August 2016|publisher=The New Indian Express|accessdate=19 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Ramana's wife Vijaya has also been a national-level volleyball player. Like him, she is an employee of Indian Railways.<ref name="ref02" /> Their younger daughter, [[P. V. Sindhu|Sindhu]], is a [[badminton]] player who won a silver medal at the [[2016 Olympic Games]] in Rio de Janeiro and a bronze medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games. Their eldest daughter, Divya, is a [[Physician|doctor]]<ref name="ref04">{{cite news|url=https://www.tirumalesa.com/divine-coincidences-why-did-p-v-sindhu-write-so-on-that-visiting-card|date=22 August 2016|title=Divine Coincidences : Why Did P V Sindhu Write So On That Visiting Card|publisher=Tirumalesa|accessdate=28 December 2017|archive-date=29 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112251/https://www.tirumalesa.com/divine-coincidences-why-did-p-v-sindhu-write-so-on-that-visiting-card/|url-status=dead}}</ref> by profession and played [[netball]]<ref name="ref04"/> at national level.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian men's volleyball players]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:Volleyball players from Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in volleyball]]<br />
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1986 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]</div>->Shivam2509