Pullela Gopichand
Gopichand is a badminton star in India. India found a great player capable of filling the void.Goichand made his mark at National level in 1989.Then Gpoichand won the National Championship held in Goa and Gopichand won singles and doubles at the Inter School competition in 1986.
Pullela Gopichand was born on November 16, 1973 in Nalgonda A.P, India.He studied at St.pauls School in Hyderabad and his Graduation completed in A.V College. He took Degree in Public Administration. He was India’s National Badminton Champion in 2001.
Gopichand won his first match at the age of 12 years in the National talent search program at Delhi. In 1998 Kuala Lumpur Common Wealth Games played by Gopichand in a stellar role in helping India be a great show and then he picked up 4 medals in 2001, Gopichand won the All-England Open Badminton Championship in Chen Hong at China in the finals.
For a period of 4 years, The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has appointed Pullela Golpichand as the coach of the National Badminton. Unanimously decision was taken by the members of the (BAI).In 2009 world Badminton championship nurturing new talents for training programs.
The Common Wealth Games in 2010 and the Olympic Games in 2012.Gopichand will be assisted by Nanziao of china for Singles in 2010 and Hadi Sugyinto for the Doubles for 2012.
He had won Gold Medals in SAARC Tournaments in Vijayawada in 1996 and in Colombo in 1997 and then he won Toulouze Open in France and the Scottish Open in Scotland. Both in 1999.He also won the Asian Satellite Tournament held at Hyderabad in 1999.
Gopichand shifted base for a couple of reason Germen League. Good fitness and stamina helped him stint in the world game of his excellence riding piggyback in 2000.After 12 years gap India reached the final Thomas Cup. He became the second Indian achieve feet after Prakash Padukone.
In 1994 While Playing National Games in Pune he suffered a serious knee injury, for that 6 months he kept away from the game but the spirit in him made a remarkable come back to occupy the main stage of Indian badminton.
During his international carrier of less than 10 years, He has beaten a number of world - ranked stars including Olympic champion Allen Budi Kusuma and Larsen among others.
Awards
- 1998 K.K Birla foundation
- 2000-2001 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna by the Indian Government
- 2000 Arjuna by the Indian Government
Pullela Gopichand success record
Singles, Doubles
- 2001 All England Open Badminton Championship
- 1998 Singles and Doubles at the Inter School Competition
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