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Full name | Pusarla Venkata Ramana | |||||||||||
Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||
Born | Nirmal, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana) | |||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) [1] | |||||||||||
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Pusarla Venkata Ramana is a former professional volleyball player from India and an employee of Indian Railways in Secunderabad. He was a member of the India men's national volleyball team and won a bronze medal at the 1986 Asian Games. [2] He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000 for his contribution to Indian volleyball. [3]
Ramana was born in Nirmal to a family originally hailing from Eluru that later relocated to Guntur and Nirmal. [4] In an interview with ABN Andhra Jyothi , he said that his father had died when he was five years old, and he was raised in Hyderabad alongside his siblings. He completed his graduation, equivalent to a bachelor's degree, in Vijayawada. [5] Ramana and his family regularly visit their family deity in Ratnalammakunta village of Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh. [9]
Ramana's wife Vijaya has also been a national-level volleyball player. She hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. [10] Like him, she is an employee of Indian Railways. [11] Their elder daughter, P. V. Divya, is a doctor [12] by profession and played netball [12] 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 Khel Ratna, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.