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{{Short description|Indian badminton player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = P. V. V. Lakshmi
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| full_name = Pandimukkala Venkata Vara Lakshmi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1974|11|8}}
| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Krishna District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/under-her-watchful-eye/article2773536.ece|title=Under her watchful eye|first=J. r|last=Shridharan|date=4 January 2012|access-date=17 November 2021|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Pullela Gopichand]]|2002}}
| height = 170 cm<ref>{{cite web|title=Pulella Gopichand|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/pulella-gopichand-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/pulella-gopichand-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|access-date=6 March 2016}}</ref>
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| country = [[India]]
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| handedness = Right
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport|Women's badminton}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | Women's team }}
| bwfbadminton_id = 6218
| bwf_id = D440A716-C72C-4E95-8B0E-90695242314D
}}

'''Pandimukkala Venkata Vara Lakshmi''' (born 8 November 1974), better known as '''P. V. V. Lakshmi''', is an Indian former badminton player. She is an eight-time Indian national champion<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/under-her-watchful-eye/article2773536.ece|title=Under her watchful eye|last=Shridharan|first=J. r|date=2012-01-04|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-11|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> in [[badminton]] and [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|represented India]] in the [[1996 Atlanta Olympics]]. She is also the wife of [[Pullela Gopichand]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/india-in-olympics-2016/badminton/Sindhu-has-a-coach-I-didnt-have-my-husband/articleshow/53805442.cms|title=PV Sindhu has a coach I didn't have, Pullela Gopichand's wife says | newspaper=Times of India|date=22 August 2016|first=Vijay|last=Tagore|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> She was the bronze medalist in [[Badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games |badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Team event]].

==Gopichand Badminton Academy==
P. V. V. Lakshmi, was very supportive of Gopichand during the formation of [[Gopichand Badminton Academy]] and even contributed to the effort of securing monetary support.<ref name="ppba">{{cite news|last=A.|first=Joseph Antony|title=Master of multi-tasking|newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 April 2004}}</ref> 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.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite news|last=Anand|first=Geeta|title=Badminton Academy Trains Saina but Still Struggles|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703726404575533462260048940|access-date=15 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=6 October 2010}}</ref> Immediately after the construction, the [[Government of India]] sent the [[India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth 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.<ref name="WSJ"/>

In 2008, they appealed to [[Bollywood]], the [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[Cinema of India|cinema industry]] to become badminton's brand ambassador. They felt that by having a popular cinema icon supporting the sport will help popularize it.<ref>{{cite news|title='Badminton needs Bollywood brand ambassadors' |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Badminton-needs-Bollywood-brand-ambassadors/369011/ |access-date=15 October 2010 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=3 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204091231/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Badminton-needs-Bollywood-brand-ambassadors/369011/ |archive-date= 4 December 2008 }}</ref>

Despite [[Saina 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.<ref name="WSJ"/>

== Achievements ==
=== IBF International ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+Women's singles
! Year
! Tournament
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 1999
| align="left" | India International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[B. R. Meenakshi]]
| align="left" | 11–7, 4–11, 10–13
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+Women's doubles
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 1998
| align="left" | India International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Madhumita Bisht]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Archana Deodhar]] <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} [[Manjusha Kanwar]]
| align="left" | 6–15, 15–13, 15–9
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 1999
| align="left" | India International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Archana Deodhar
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Trupti Murgunde]] <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ketaki Thakkar]]
| align="left" | 9–15, 15–3, 15–3
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|+Mixed doubles
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 1998
| align="left" | India International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vincent Lobo]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Vinod Kumar (badminton)|Vinod Kumar]] <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} [[Madhumita Bisht]]
| align="left" | 12–15, 14–17
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 1999
| align="left" | India International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[J. B. S. Vidyadhar]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Vinod Kumar <br /> {{flagicon|IND}} [[B. R. Meenakshi]]
| align="left" | 17–14, 15–6
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}

==Personal life==
P. V. V. Lakshmi married fellow badminton player [[Pullela Gopichand]] on 5 June 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2002/jun/05gopi.htm|title=rediff.com sports: Gopichand to wed PVV Lakshmi|website=Rediff.com|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> They have two children, a daughter named [[Gayatri 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Sindhu-has-a-coach-I-didnt-have-my-husband/articleshow/53805442.cms|title=Sindhu has a coach I didn't have - my husband |newspaper=The Times of India|date=22 August 2016 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BWFB|6218}}
* {{BWFT|D440A716-C72C-4E95-8B0E-90695242314D|member_id=6218}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CGF profile}}

{{Badminton in India}}

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

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